Category Archive for: ‘The Last Egret’

Benchmarks for Culminating Projects for The Last Egret Research Charlie Pierce online.Create a timeline showing important events in his life. Present to the class. Show why he was a significant person in Florida’s history. Research one of the famous people listed in the book (Lewis and Clark, Henry Flagler, John James Audubon, Captain Brevard).Make a …

The Last Egret won a bronze medal in the Florida Book Awards Children’s Literature category for 2010. The medal is awarded at the annual Florida Library Association conference and is featured in FORUM, the magazine of the Florida Humanities Council.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/west-palm-beach-feather-wars-exhibit-focuses-on-1059765.html If you’ve ever seen a snowy white egret standing gracefully, be grateful: These birds almost disappeared from Palm Beach County in the late 1800s. Why? Their feathers were coveted for ladies’ hats. The county’s 14,000 fourth-graders know about this because they’re all reading Harvey E. Oyer’s book The Adventures of Charlie Pierce: The Last …

The Last Egret from The Adventures Of Charlie Pierce on Charlie Pierce.

Author Harvey Oyer presented The Last Egret at a lecture co-sponsored by the South Florida Science Museum, the Palm Beach Zoo and the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/dec/17/harvey-oyer-presents-the-last-egret-at-the-south-f/

The national Home School Book Review reviewed The Last Egret and gave it the highest rating of 5 stars, recommending it for use by all home schooled children in America. To read the complete book review, go to: http://homeschoolblogger.com/homeschoolbookreview/783551/