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Puffins / by Ruth Owen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Polar animals : life in the freezerPublication details: New York : Windmill Books, 2013.Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1477702245 (hbk. library binding)
  • 1477702350 (pbk.)
  • 9781477702246 (hbk. library binding)
  • 9781477702352 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and natural environment of puffins, and the ways in which they have adapted to their frigid environment.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 598.33 O97 Available 33111007108968
Total holds: 0

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.

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