ISBN: 0-88739-191-5
200 pp.
Size: 6 x 9
Paperback Original
Price: $14.95
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Gossamer Green, The
Jean G. Howard
Greengoss Island has been home to the Gossamer Green, an imaginary, indigenous species of bird, for generations. These fine-feathered birds have made their home in the marshes and spruce forests of Greengoss, picking blackberries, digging for worms, living happily among nature and each other. But soon the leader of the Gossamers begins to notice subtle shifts in the land-fish are less plentiful, berries less sweet.
The Gossamer Green, creatures for which this book is named, begin to squabble in the face of a new scarcity. As it unfolds, Howard's fable becomes part Animal Farm, part Lord of the Flies, as this breed of bird struggles to survive-and learn to live with each other-in a changing environment.
Review: "On a colorful journey through nature, Jean G. Howard brings to life environmental and humanitarian dilemmas in a compelling and easy-to-read fable-The Gossamer Green."
The Beacon Hill/Back Bay Chronicle, Boston
"Jean G. Howard gives human voice to an island community of imaginary birds in Gossamer Green...a modern-day fable illustrating the effects of scarcity. When a splinter group of renegade Gossamers tries to sabotage the survival efforts of the flock, the tale approximates an avian Animal Farm."
Publishers Weekly
"I thoroughly enjoyed the story of this group of fine birds struggling to make moral decisions about the growth of their population and long-term well-being of their species...Gossamer Green is a parable for children and adults."
Patricia Baldi Waak
Director, National Audubon Society
Bio: Jean G. Howard is a nature lover who divides her time between Cranberry Isles, Maine and Boston.
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