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Animal Migrations
Arctic Tern Migration
Explains how Arctic terns live and grow; discusses their migration, its purpose, and its route; and lists threats Arctic terns may face on their migration.
- GenresBirds
32 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2012
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Rebecca E. Hirsch
106 books56 followersRebecca E. Hirsch is a botanist-turned-writer and the author of more than 80 science and nature books for children. Her books have won a Riverby Award, a Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, a Green Earth Book Award Honor, and many starred reviews. www.rebeccahirsch.com
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January 26, 2022
So yes, with her 2012 non-fiction picture book Arctic Tern Migration Rebecca E. Hirsch provides for her young readers, gives children from about the age of six or so onwards a simple but still sufficiently informative and descriptive textual introduction to Arctic Terns (and in fact to pretty well everything a curious child would need to and want to know about Arctic Terns, and yes, both within the text proper of Arctic Tern Migration and also with regard to the supplemental information on different types of animal migrations, the annotated glossary and a short but more than sufficient bibliography featuring both books and internet websites).
And therefore, the book title of Arctic Tern Migration notwithstanding, Rebecca A. Hirsch’s featured text actually and of course presents not only all of the necessary details on Arctic Tern migration, and that Arctic Terns indeed travel from the Arctic all the way to Antarctica (and back again) during their journey. For yes indeed and wonderfully, Hirsch with Arctic Tern Migration also shows what Arctic Terns look like, how they nest and breed, the different migration routes they follow, that once Arctic Terns arrive in Antarctica they in fact remain there for two years before travelling back to the Arctic, how scientists are tracking Arctic Terns and their migration routes and last but certainly not least, also showing some the threats both natural and human caused Arctic Terns tend to to face, including humans gathering and consuming tern eggs en masse as well as global warming (although I do wish that Rebecca A. Hirsch’s text would point out that migrating birds like Arctic Terns often also face multiple threats and risks on their journeys as well and even once they have arrived at their destinations, because rather majorly annoyingly, it does feel as though in Arctic Tern Migration, Hirsch seems to pretty strongly insinuate that Arctic Terns somehow only must contend with dangers and threats whilst nesting and breeding in the Arctic and not whilst they reside in Antarctica, and well, I really do doubt that this would ever be the case).
And finally, with regard to the accompanying photographs, while they do provide a descriptive visual mirror to and for Rebecca A. Hirsch’s printed words, personally, I rather do wish that Arctic Tern Migration would also feature some line drawings, some labelled illustrations of Arctic Terns (both male and female) at different stages of their lives, at different points of their development (as while the photographs are of course wonderful, they do not have the kind of specific anatomical details that hand drawn drawn illustrations would feature).
And therefore, the book title of Arctic Tern Migration notwithstanding, Rebecca A. Hirsch’s featured text actually and of course presents not only all of the necessary details on Arctic Tern migration, and that Arctic Terns indeed travel from the Arctic all the way to Antarctica (and back again) during their journey. For yes indeed and wonderfully, Hirsch with Arctic Tern Migration also shows what Arctic Terns look like, how they nest and breed, the different migration routes they follow, that once Arctic Terns arrive in Antarctica they in fact remain there for two years before travelling back to the Arctic, how scientists are tracking Arctic Terns and their migration routes and last but certainly not least, also showing some the threats both natural and human caused Arctic Terns tend to to face, including humans gathering and consuming tern eggs en masse as well as global warming (although I do wish that Rebecca A. Hirsch’s text would point out that migrating birds like Arctic Terns often also face multiple threats and risks on their journeys as well and even once they have arrived at their destinations, because rather majorly annoyingly, it does feel as though in Arctic Tern Migration, Hirsch seems to pretty strongly insinuate that Arctic Terns somehow only must contend with dangers and threats whilst nesting and breeding in the Arctic and not whilst they reside in Antarctica, and well, I really do doubt that this would ever be the case).
And finally, with regard to the accompanying photographs, while they do provide a descriptive visual mirror to and for Rebecca A. Hirsch’s printed words, personally, I rather do wish that Arctic Tern Migration would also feature some line drawings, some labelled illustrations of Arctic Terns (both male and female) at different stages of their lives, at different points of their development (as while the photographs are of course wonderful, they do not have the kind of specific anatomical details that hand drawn drawn illustrations would feature).
March 16, 2015
I LOVE BIRDS!
April 14, 2013
Grade: 3-5
Topic: Birds and the Arctic
This book is a science book which is an informational text that has large colorful pictures. Children will be fascinated since they will be leaning new science vocabulary and geography.
Topic: Birds and the Arctic
This book is a science book which is an informational text that has large colorful pictures. Children will be fascinated since they will be leaning new science vocabulary and geography.
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