On the wings of 'Wonder,' animal ambassabors embody book's message

Beamer is a box turtle who lost a leg, but now has an artificial limb made from a toy wheel and attached with a baggie tie. He was shown by the animal rescue group, Horizon Wings, on Saturday at the Pequot Library. FAIRFIELD CITIZEN, CT 3/16/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Jeanne Wadsworth, a volunteer with Horizon Wingz, introduced Corbin the crow to a saturday program at the Pequot Library. FAIRFIELF CITIZEN, CT 3/16/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Stevie Ray is a black vulture. "Most people don't see the cute face that I see when I look at them, and how important they are," Jeanne Wadsworth, a volunteer with Horizon Wings, told a Saturday program at the Pequot Library. FAIRFIELD CITIZEN, CT 3/16/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Kathleen Gallagher of Fairfield and daughter Kayleigh, 8, at the Horizon Wings porgram Saturday at the Pequot Library. "Ihink it's really gonna help people understand the environment," Kayleigh said of the presentation. "If we don't know it and learn it, then all the animals in the world will be wiped out." FAIRFIELD CITIZEN, CT 3/16/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Alan Nordell, co-founder of Horizon Wings, an animal rehabilitation and education program, talks to a crowd Saturday at the Pequot Library planned in conjunction with the "One Town, One Book" community reading initiative. FAIRFIELD CITIZEN, CT 3/16/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Oscar, the great-horned owl, with Alan Nordell, co-founder of Horizon Wings, on Saturday at the Pequot Library. FAIRFIELD CITIZEN, CT 3/16/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta