A Caribou Alphabet (Tilbury House Nature Book)
Description
* Ten Best Illustrated Books, Parenting Magazine *
* An ALA Notable Book *
Nature and letters come together in this enchanting classic about the mighty caribou, one of the great symbols of the arctic wilderness. It's a counting book too--follow the number of hoof prints through the letters of the alphabet.
Also included are a compendium of caribou facts and a new afterword about caribou in the twenty-first century. Journey into the magical world of the caribou, North America s own reindeer.
- A Tilbury House classic with 30,000 copies sold
- Expanded paperback edition includes a haunting new afterword by biologist Mark McCollough, describing the condition of the great arctic caribou herds in the age of climate change.
- Both an alphabet book and a child's nature book.
Praise for A Caribou Alphabet (Tilbury House Nature Book)
An ode to the caribou,
lovingly done and resonant in its execution.
— Publishers Weekly
An unusually attractive and
informative book.
— School Library Journal
A tour
de force: both a homage to a particular creature and a textbook example of how an
alphabet book can educate and delight a young reader.
— The New York Times