Scree! A sharp cry cuts across the sky. Wide wings tilt and fold. It's a red-tailed hawk, and it just spotted its lunch from a mile away.

If your child thinks hawks are just big birds circling overhead, this book is about to show them something extraordinary. Did you know Harris's hawks hunt in teams like wolf packs, with one bird flushing prey while others wait to strike? That a goshawk will crash straight through thick branches at full speed to catch its meal? That sharp-shinned hawks weigh less than a stick of butter but are fierce enough to chase down larger birds in midair?

"The Nature Kid's Guide to Hawks" takes curious kids ages 7-12 deep into the world of nature's most skilled aerial hunters. How can a hawk spot a mouse moving in the grass from the height of a ten-story building? Why do Swainson's hawks fly over 6,000 miles to Argentina every single fall? What makes the northern goshawk so fierce that it will dive at bears that wander too close to its nest? Your child will be scanning the sky for hawks before the book is finished.

Short, punchy sentences and jaw-dropping facts fill every page. From tiny sharp-shinned hawks weaving through city trees at 50 miles per hour, to massive ferruginous hawks ruling the open prairie, to rough-legged hawks hovering motionless over the frozen tundra, every hawk in this book is more remarkable than the last.

A book for young nature lovers who already know eagles are cool and are about to find out hawks are just as incredible.

Hawks live on every continent except Antarctica, from hot deserts to Arctic tundra. Once your child discovers just how extraordinary they really are, they'll never look at the sky the same way again.

Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Eyes up -- your child's next adventure is flying overhead.