By Tish McFadden
Song of the Redwing
Song of the Redwing invites us into the heart of a marsh, where nature paints stories on a canvas of water and sky. Here, we meet black-necked stilts, river otters, turtles, damselflies, katydids, bats, osprey, and night herons, to name only a few. In this picture book, Redwing shares his world, from one sunrise to the next, with an array of wetland wildlife. Riding atop his outstretched wings, we greet the neighbors who make this place their home.
Author
Tish McFadden
Tish McFadden is a published author, songwriter, music teacher, and former archaeologist for the US Forest Service. Tish’s writing has been featured on radio, book tours, and at trade shows. Tish writes professionally in multiple genres including children’s books, autobiographical essays, and guidebooks. She has also served as editor on numerous literary projects.
Tish’s artistic goal is to create stories and songs that touch upon our connection to nature as well as our collective cultural ties to one another. Her works express positive imagery, vivid imagination and shared human experience – for the enjoyment of children and adults alike. Tish lives in Ashland, Oregon with her husband Don Harriss, a professional musician, composer, web designer, and sound/video engineer.
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I love this book! In a world where it seems harder and harder for people everywhere to deeply touch and know this precious Earth we call home, “The Song of Redwing: Voice of the Wetlands” brings alive a vivid and beautifully illustrated experience truly making me feel like I’ve known life as a bird in the marsh. How exceptional and inspiring is this beautiful book! It is top of my list for all my cherished friends…
~ Molly Harriss Olson, CEO Fairtrade ANZ
Tish McFadden’s book and song, Song of the Redwing, are just lovely – really impressive musical words and superb art – I am edified and delighted.
~ Brian Doyle,
Award winning Oregon author
One can almost feel the mist rising from the pages of Song of the Redwing. Clearly, Tish McFadden has spent many hours among Redwings and their aquatic neighbors, and the watercolors by Laura Winslow are the perfect complement to her narrative. The pages ‘drip’ with feeling, immersing the reader in the lushness and diversity of life on each page. Here, masterful watercolors and the water realm of Redwing, together as one.