Red Knot - 9780966276145
Un libro in lingua di Willis Nancy Carol Willis Nancy Carol (ILT) edito da Birdsong Books, 2006
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Narrated in journal entries from the point of view of a red knot?a robin-sized shore bird that migrates 20,000 miles annually, from the tip of South America to the Arctic Circle and back?this book depicts one such dramatic journey in stunningly detailed colored-pencil illustrations of the flight over the Atlantic Ocean, a landing in Delaware Bay, the northern nesting grounds, chicks feeding on hatching insects, a close call with an arctic fox, and the return home. At the heart of the story is a message about conservation: the birds stop only a few times as they travel and always in the same coastal areas where dwindling food supplies have caused a precipitous decline in their numbers over the past decade. Science concepts such as animal life cycles, climate, extinction, the food chain, and migration are introduced by information about how bird-banding and protecting the horseshoe crab?whose eggs are a principal food for red knots?can help them survive. A four-page appendix includes a map of the western hemisphere, a range and route map for migrating birds, a glossary, a timeline, and the history and conservation of red knots. This book was the first runner up in the Children's category for the 2007 Eric Hoffer Book Award.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Red Knot
- Sottotitolo: A Shorebird's Incredible Journey
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Willis Nancy Carol Willis Nancy Carol (ILT)
- Editore: Birdsong Books
- Collana: Birdsong Books (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 28 Febbraio '06
- Genere: JUVENILE NONFICTION
- Argomenti : Red knot Migration Juvenile literature Red knot Birds Migration
- Pagine: 32
- Peso gr: 443
- Dimensioni mm: 279 x 215 x 12
- ISBN-10: 0966276140
- EAN-13: 9780966276145