North and South : a tale of two hemispheres / written and illustrated by Sandra Morris.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781536204599
- 1536204595
- North & South [Cover title]
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 591.4 M877 | Available | 33111010669063 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Get a fascinating global view of how the animal world adapts to the seasons with this simultaneous look at both Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
In January in the Scottish Highlands, a mountain hare is camouflaged from predators in its white winter coat, while in New Guinea, a bright-green tree python guards her eggs. Come March, a warm Arctic spring lures polar bears out from their den, while in Australia, newly hatched crocodiles go for their first swim inside their mother's jaws. When autumn comes to the north, monarch butterflies start migrating south, just as bar-tailed godwits set off from New Zealand to their breeding grounds on the Alaskan tundra. In a remarkable exploration of animals' lives, Sandra Morris's informative text and beautiful illustrations take readers through the months of the year in both the northern and southern parts of the globe, with an eye to how various species adapt to the changing seasons. Extensive end matter offers further descriptive facts about some twenty-five featured animals.
Map on endpapers.
Presents a global view of how animals adapt to the seasons and threats to their survival in their northern and southern hemisphere homes. Topics covered include habitats, life cycles, diets, and conservation statuses. Includes glossary and suggested activities.
Includes index.
Introduction -- The seasons -- January : cunning camouflage. Scottish ptarmigan and mountain hare ; Green tree python -- February : extreme environments. Japanese macaque ; Lesser flamingo -- March : mothers and babies. Polar bear ; saltwater crocodile -- April : building a home. American beaver ; Hoatzin -- May : showing off. Blue-footed booby ; Lyrebird -- June : armored animals. Stag beetle ; leartherback turtle -- July : on the hunt. Grizzly bear; Eastern quail -- August : feisty fathers. Caribou ; Brown kiwi -- September : a numbers game. Portuguese man-of-war ; Springbok -- October : migration. Monarch butterfly ; Bar-tailed godwit -- November : save it for later. Hazel dormouse ; Honeypot ant -- December : the search for food. Snow leopard ; African elephant.