North: The Amazing Story Of Arctic Migration (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
This beautifully illustrated nonfiction text clearly describes the many animals that live and migrate to the Arctic circle. Some of the animals are familiar to us -- polar bears and whales -- but many are animals that we don't think of as migrating to the top of the world. Fish migrate from streams, birds fly thousands of miles, a walruses swim up the Pacific coast. This book is perfect for students in grades 2 - 4 learning about animal adaptations and migrations. Though the book is quite thick and looks a bit intimidating, it's really perfect for elementary school students. Highly recommended. "I always think of animal migrations as heading south," my daughter wondered as we read this beautiful book together by the fire this weekend. And that, I think, is part of what makes NORTH: THE AMAZING STORY OF ARCTIC MIGRATION such a special book - all these animals, from the soaring snow geese to the regal caribou to the pointy-tusked, alien-looking narwhals, heading north, to a part of the world we so often think of as inhospitable. But in the summer sun, the Arctic is full of life and light - food and space to breed and raise young. This book tells the story of that migration, of the animals that swim, walk, and fly north when the days grow longer. Beautiful art work in soft blues and yellows captures that warmth and light, and some gorgeous, wordless spreads tell stories of their own. A lovely, lovely book - and one that would be great to pair with OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW for winter studies in the classroom.
What do You think about North: The Amazing Story Of Arctic Migration (2011)?
Beautiful colors, language, and illustrations describe the migratory instinct. OUTSTANDING.
—Leah117
This book is beautifully illustrated and a wonderful story.
—eifa
Recommended to all my friends with young kids.
—Allen
