Likes Publishing - Flock of Cranes

Flock of Cranes

by Kelley M Likes, Ninnani (Illustrator)

Grab your spyglasses and discover two flocks of cranes in this heartwarming tale of two children enchanted by their view outside their bedroom window.

Find all the different cranes that make up this unusual flock.

Includes directions to fold your own origami crane!

Targeted for children ages 6 - 7, This is a heartwarming tale of two children enchanted by cranes.

From Author Kelley M Likes and Illustrator Ninnani comes a beautifully illustrated, unique concept book all about cranes.

Kids ages: 6 and 7
Grade: 1st
Early Reader
Lexile Level 360L

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Storytime Video & Lesson Plan!

Behind the Story

While on a once-in-a-lifetime 30-year anniversary trip to Vienna, Austria, I noticed all the beautiful machine cranes around the city. I remembered how I would always say to my children, as we drove past construction sites with cranes, “Look at the flock of cranes.”

I thought, what if I wrote a story about bird cranes and machine cranes, showcasing a few similarities between them?? Like a blue crane bird and a blue machine crane.

I came up with a cute concept and then reached out to the amazing artist Ninnani. As a co-creative director, they took the story to a whole new level. They came up with the idea of two children looking through spyglasses, and that worked perfectly along the original idea and contributed to visually shaping the story. Their out-of-this-world watercolor images will have you falling in love with bird and machine cranes.