| Title | : | Serafina Soars (Travel With Me Book 3) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 28 |
| Publication | : | First published July 8, 2019 |
Learn the story of shy Serafina as she soars through southern Spain and discovers not only the beauty of where she lives, but also her own self-confidence.
Bonus section includes fun facts about places and things one might encounter in southern Spain: Eurasian Eagle Owl, Donkeys, Flamenco Dancing, European Turtle doves, The Alhambra Palace, Iberian White Storks, The Granada Cathedral, The Rock of Gibraltar, and Barbary Macaque Monkeys.
This is Book 3 of the Travel with Me series by Alma Hammond. Search for Book 1, Super Rooster and Wonder Cat and Book 2, Andre the Five-Star cat to complete the series. All books are stand-alone reads and celebrate a different country, tell a different story, and impart a positive message.
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Serafina Soars (Travel With Me Book 3) Reviews
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Serafina is an eagle owl one of the largest owls in the world, but she is fearful and shy, until she starts to gain more and more confidence to explore and explore (a good message for kids).
The fun facts at the end of the book are a good teaching tool for kids to learn about Spain.
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This kindle freebie is a rather nice. I actually found the artwork here to be better than in the first two Travel with Me books. Bonus points for information about the famous Spanish places Serafina visits as well as about the various animals.
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I am a big nature lover and actually have been to the parts of Spain as described in this book 24 yrs ago! How fun for me to revisit them through the lovely Serafina eagle owl character.
The illustrations are wonderful in this book to take us on Serafina’s journey!
I like how the author shows us Serafina and talks about the type of owl she is. I had never heard of an eagle owl before and found it very interesting that they are one of the largest owls in the world!
Serafina is fearful and shy. This made me sad as she is such a big owl! I love how Serafina makes the decision to be more confident and enjoy life.
Different opportunities come her way to explore her country. For instance watching flamenco dancers dance and going to the Alhambra palace. She meets doves and a pair of Iberian storks, making friends along the way.
She not only makes feathered friends but meets up with the Rock of Gibraltar Barbary macaque monkeys too!
Serafina definitely soars gaining in confidence and being inspired by her country of Spain.
The fun facts at the end of the book I think are great teaching tools to learn about the different bits about Spain that are presented in this book.
I love the photo of the author with an eagle owl at the end of the book!! I like learning a bit about authors and what inspires them to write their books.
This will be the perfect book to share with my grandson who is seven years old. He recently had been living in England for the last couple years. I know he will enjoy learning about Spain! -
Alma Hammond brings us a great story of overcoming our personal fears in "Serafina Soars." The story centers around Serafina, an Eurasian eagle owl, who is shy and only comes out at night. After hearing some music from some Flamenco dancers, Serafina explores the scene and encounters a mean and rude donkey that hurts her feelings. After receiving some encourage by some turtle doves and storks, Serafina begins on a quest to visit many places throughout Spain both day and night, while also befriending some monkeys along the way. This story provides great characters and references of historical places in Spain such as The Alhambra and the Rock of Gibraltar. The illustrator Anya McLeod delivered beautifully drawn images and scenes to help tell this story. Overall, this is a great story of overcoming personal fears and becoming your own true shelf so that you soar to new heights never been reached.
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What all children need
In a world increasingly dominated by fear, this book is what every child needs. All books by Alma Hammond have a meaningful life lesson to tell. Teaching children that fear can keep them from being themselves, from reaching their full potential, and becoming happy individuals, is probably one of the best lesson to be taught. Amazing artwork as well; very vivid. -
Educational and well illustrated
The illustrations are clear, well defined, and colourful. This is reflective of the author’s entire educational series. Serafina Soars is a beautiful story teaching about the majesty of one of nature’s unique species, the eagle owl. As Serafina soars over Spain, we learn a few facts about her home locale. Very well written, edited, and exceptionally illustrated. -
Being brave comes with desire and practice
Serafina Soars is an uplifting book about overcoming fear, with desire and practice. It’s also very educational, and helps kids explore new cultures. -
“Serafina Soars” is a cute book with bright, engaging illustrations. In this story, readers will meet Serafina, a shy Eurasian Eagle Owl. They’ll find out why she has very good hearing and what helps her fly long distances. Serafina is very shy by nature. When a rude donkey makes unkind comments, Serafina’s confidence is shaken. But she meets some turtle doves who help rebuild her confidence. Little by little she begins exploring the world around her. During the story Serafina meets animals who help her overcome her shyness. I liked the extra educational section at the end of the book which explains more about Flamenco Dancers, Turtle Doves, White Storks and other places Serafina visited during her travels. My opinion is that the story ended a bit abruptly. Regardless, story will help children who need to overcome shyness or build confidence.
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Sera fins Soars
What a wonderful book that has entertained my granddaughter and me. I tried to instill in my granddaughter that being shy keeps you from exploring the world and making friends who could last forever. Thanks for the beautiful illustrations and colors that kept our attention. I would recommend this book to anyone who would impress on their children not to be shy about anything and to live their lives to the fullest. I gave this book five stars because it teaches life skills to be learned.❤️❤️👍👍👏👏🙏🏾🙏🏾 -
A book that will make you see reality of you
To see your own true self will set you towards your own accession of you and to see you as you see yourself that is the true liberty of what is (your highest self) because the knowingness of knowing you of the true true you means there is hope to lift above the clouds to your highest of you to be your best you means you love you more and more every day. When you remember happiness more and more it’ll get to you and this book reminds you just of that. -
Life Changing
This book spoke volumes to my little one and me. We deal with shyness. This book is such an amazing story and wonderfully illustrated. It has changed our lives, today. And I am sure it will change many more. I recommend this book to read and RE-READ. Definitely a keeper.
My little one wanted to say, I loved the book. The author is awesome!" -
Beautifully illustrated and articulated book that educates about both the flora and fauna of Europe while delivering a poignant message about friendship and kindness. Suitable for all, but especially geared to young children and their families.
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I would have loved to have this book when I was teaching preschool! We did themed months for science and one month every year was birds. The illustrations are lovely and there are lots of interesting facts in the back.
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i wanted the illustrations to be bigger, i wonder who decides what was the book will be ..is it called landscape way or regular way (vertical) style book? this one is up and down and the pics are so tiny. wish it was turned side ways (landscape) on my kindle to appear BIGGER??
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Very nice story
I found this book to be inspirational. It's about getting out of your comfort zone and realizing everything can be and will be ok. It's about discovery of oneself and the world around you. -
Amazing book with facts of life information at the end
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The art work is beautiful and the story is beautiful. My only complaint is that the text was very small.
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Beautiful pictures and nostalgic in nature. I could see this be a good school library books for children to learn more about eagles and various other animals, and about Spain specifically.
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I liked the graphics and I liked that it was about birds. I liked everything else about it because owls are one of my favorite animals.
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Informative
Interesting and informative. I like the way the print has a white background making it easier to read. Colorful illustrations. -
Soar along with Serafina the eagle owl as she explores Spain. This is such a cute and educational book for children.
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bright, colorful, and great for kids. I recommend it if you enjoyed the author's other works, like Catterfly. :D
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A beautiful story with a great moral
Serafina, an Eurasian eagle, is a bit shy and often fearful around others. But she longs to enjoy more of the world and knows that this means she has to do something, even she is a bit afraid to do so. And so she flies out. She sees beautiful things she never had seen before. She talks to the doves and the storks she meets on her night trips. When she goes to bed, exhausted, every day she feels stronger inside and dares to go a wing further. She’s having chats with new animals and birds she meets, and enjoyed the wonderful country she lives in.
In this story, with beautiful illustrations, the author gives a wonderful lesson. Don’t let fear, let you down, go always a little bit further and you can become stronger and experience beautiful things.
And as an extra moral in the sideline, Alma Hammond gives the kids a view on why the old donkey bullies others, well a bully doesn’t love himself...
I am happy to present you this amazing photographer/author of children’s books -
I enjoyed this book a lot!
It tells the story of a shy Owl that is growing out of her fears and trying to explore more and more of her surroundings.
This book is able to combine two cool subjects - A nice story about overcoming limitations and a little travel through southern Spain. We can see some monuments, local animals, feasts and more.
I think this is a very smart idea and it was very well executed.
The illustrations are nice, with a traditional style that fits very well the focus of the book on tradition and nature.
This is a good book to reveal the spirit of southern Spain to children all over the world.
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Serafina Soars~ is a beautifully illustrated book!
The author imbues the story with themes of courage, lessons of growth and confidence building. The teachings throughout are the best kind-they are absorbed while experiencing an exciting adventure. Children will feel exhilarated as they soar with Serafina to exotic places where the shy and majestic eagle owl meets other interesting animals along the way. Parents and teachers alike will enjoy the fun facts included at the end of the book. The children will love the magical illustrations and being a part of Serafina’s expanding world.
