We love the Feather Tales series at my book club! I didn’t choose to read Talon the Falcon earlier because it is much shorter than The Golden Eagle and The Paradise Flycatcher, but when children fall in love with a series, how can we not read the whole lot together?
Set in the familiar Rose Garden, Talon the Falcon opens with a beloved character, Shikar, who wonders where all the birds have disappeared. He soon finds the reason – the presence of a falcon in the neighbouring garden! Of course, the birds, terrified, have flown away. But everything isn’t as it seems, and Shikar soon realises that the mighty falcon needs their help.
Here’s what we’ll do as we read Talon the Falcon together.
Idioms and Proverbs
Birds of a feather flock together.
Bird-brained.
Chicken-hearted.
I never tire of working with theme-based idioms with children. A quiz always brings a surge of energy!
Birds
The stunning pictures in Talon the Falcon add magic to the story. More, illustrations like these are perfect to learn about birds around us. As a child, I knew nothing of bee-eaters, drongos and sunbirds. Books like this can change that! During one class, I will also ask the children to talk about a bird they love, and what makes that bird special.
Poetry
The falcon and the other birds sing two beautiful songs, which will serve as the perfect introduction to list poetry. I love list poems, and I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve worked with them. Here’s one that a child wrote at one of my first creative writing programmes. It’s time for more!
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