Swoop and Soar: How Science Rescued Two Osprey Orphans and Found Them a New Family in the Wild

Swoop and Soar are baby osprey chicks who become orphans when their nest is destroyed by a storm. Raptor biologist Janie Veltkamp rescues them and sets out to find a new family for the chicks. She finds a nest with wild osprey parents who have also lost chicks, and places Swoop and Soar in it. The story follows the suspenseful wait to see if the new osprey parents will accept the chicks as their own. The book, which won the 2023 De Bary Children's Science Book Award, beautifully narrates the true story of survival, rescue, and the creation of a new family in the wild. From the award-winning authors of Beauty and the Beak, Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp combine a dramatic story of raptor rescue with the science behind it in this heartwarming and informative STEM picture book. Young readers will cheer for the osprey adoption to be successful and learn about the challenges ospreys face, their lifecycle, diet, and more, as well as the tools raptor scientists use to protect them.