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Grecia the toucan Can!

Building a Beak: How a Toucan's Rescue Inspired the World by Becca McMurdie

February 13, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We can have artificial intelligence, limbs, and more for humans and we can even have a 3-D printed beak for a toucan. Don’t believe me? Then read all about it in Building a Beak: How a Toucan’s Rescue Inspired the World by Becca McMurdie and illustrated by Diana Hernández due in June 2025. (I had the opportunity to read it via an online reader copy). Not to spoil things, but I will say that how a toucan got a life saving “nose job” is probably […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: activism, animal welfare, animals, anti-animal cruelty law, Becca McMurdie, birds, Central & South America, Diana Hernández, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Science & Nature, Social Justice, toucans

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:92 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: activism, animal welfare, animals, anti-animal cruelty law, Becca McMurdie, birds, Central & South America, Diana Hernández, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Science & Nature, Social Justice, toucans ·
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