This is the sky that's filled with the sound
that's made by our hawk and heard from the ground,
He open his beak and calls to the wind.
It is music to us at the castle.

Join a young girl and her father, the falconer at a medieval castle, as they experience the joys of taking a goshawk out for a training flight. The girl leads readers through all the preparations and equipment needed for the flight—from the falconer's glove to the hawk's hood and bells—culminating in a dramatic demonstration of the hawk's hunting skill.

Bagram Ibatoulline's masterful illustrations capture the vivid details and beauty of a day spent hawking, while Danna Smith's poetic storytelling will make readers long to experience the art and sport of falconry firsthand.

From the dust jacket