Puffins / by Ruth Owen.
Material type: TextSeries: Polar animals : life in the freezerPublication details: New York : Windmill Books, 2013.Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1477702245 (hbk. library binding)
- 1477702350 (pbk.)
- 9781477702246 (hbk. library binding)
- 9781477702352 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 598.33 O97 | Available | 33111007108968 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A puffin's colorful beak is its most unusual physical feature. Readers will fall in love with this little black and white bird while learning about the ways it has adapted to it's frigid environment. Easy-to-follow text and colorful photographs make this a truly exciting read.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32) and index.
Coming home -- The world of the Atlantic puffin -- Fantastic feathers, beautiful beaks -- In the water, in the air -- What's on the menu? -- Puffin romance -- Building a burrow -- A precious egg -- Raising a puffling -- Life in a colony -- Humans and puffins -- Dangers to puffins -- The future for puffins.
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and natural environment of puffins, and the ways in which they have adapted to their frigid environment.