Fly-Away-Hester, a True American Story

Fly-Away-Hester has run away. Silly cygnet, a baby swan! She flies into freezingly cold Montana rain and snow. She's freezing. She's lost. The ducklings, goslings, gray granny goose, and Mother Juliet, Hester's mom, run to the big house to tell Irma-Love. Hester's gone. Irma-Love and friends at Irma-Love-Pond start a cold, difficult journey searching for Hester. Happily they come to her rescue. The gaggle of friends, including Hester, find their way home to Irma-Love-Pond. It's a great story. The beauty of the book really lies in the technological support. Children love the telling of this story by looking at these wonderful, colorful pictures. They love taking the journey to find Hester and bring her home to Irma-Love-Pond.