Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys

Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys
by Mike Unwin (Author) and Jenni Desmond (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Animals of all shapes and sizes make epic journeys across our planet, through harsh weather, avoiding hungry predators, in their efforts to survive. Travel around the globe with some of the world’s most incredible animals and discover their unique migration stories.

Follow the emperor penguin through snow, ice and bitter temperatures; watch as the great white shark swims 10,000 km in search of seals; track huge herds of elephants, on their yearly hunt for water and be amazed at the millions of red crabs, migrating across Christmas Island.

Snippet:
POLE TO POLE
The Arctic tern travels farther than any other–all the way down the Atlantic Ocean to the Antarctic. While it’s winter in the Arctic, it’s summer in the Antarctic. So with twenty-four hours of daylight there, the tern can keep fishing as long as it likes.

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Extraordinary Birds

Extraordinary Birds
by Sandy Stark-Mcginnis (Author)

Booktalk: December believes she is a bird. The scar on her back is where her wings will sprout, and one day soon, she will soar away. It will not matter that she has no permanent home. Her destiny is in the sky.

But then she’s placed with foster mom Eleanor, a kind woman who volunteers at an animal rescue and has secrets of her own. December begins to see that her story could end a different way — but could she ever be happy down on the ground?

Snippet: What he really means by permanent is being adopted, but even if that’s what happens to me, getting adopted, it won’t matter. Once my wings unfold, I’m flying away.

Adrian orders a single scoop of vanilla with no toppings. “I won’t give up until we find a good home for you. You’re not alone, December.”

It’s part of his job to convince me that things aren’t as bad as I think they are, or that everything’s going to be okay. He’s good at it. No matter how many foster homes I’ve been in, he tries to make me believe that the next one will be better.

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