Danger Eagle - by Jesse Wente (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

An action-packed adventure featuring a stunt-penguin stuffed animal, this picture book by award-winning author Jesse Wente will appeal to movie fans young and old.

It's bird! It's a plane!

It's DANGER EAGLE!

Danger Eagle is brave.
Danger Eagle is bold.
Danger Eagle is . . . a penguin?

No matter! Danger Eagle is up for any challenge, and there's nothing that one-of-a-kind this stunt-stuffie can't do... Or is there?

Read on to find out in this action-packed origin story!

Review Quotes

"Increasingly funny text and art ensue, striking a clever balance between fantasy and reality; the images feel like stills from an animated cartoon." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

JESSE WENTE is a husband and father, as well as a writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts administrator. Born and raised in Toronto, Jesse's family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek, and he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation. His memoir, Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance, is a national bestseller and was picked as one of best books of 2021 by Chapters-Indigo, Apple Books and the Globe and Mail. Jesse also won the Rakuten-Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction.

SHAIKARA DAVID is an Indigenous artist from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory. She passionately explores storytelling and cultural representation through her vibrant and magical paintings. She lives in Ottawa.