The Atlas of Migrating Plants and Animals

by Megan Lee, Matt Sewell (Illustrations)

Curious young readers will love learning about the migration patterns of plants and animals from all around the world in this colorful children's atlas, richly illustrated in Matt Sewell's signature watercolors.

Featuring mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, and plants from all continents and nearly all oceans, this informative collection will teach young nature lovers about migration in its many forms. Grade-school children will discover how creatures navigate the planet when they encounter climate change, sun, chemicals, the Earth's magnetic field, and the changing seasons in this illustrated reference book.

Follow flocks of arctic terns on their annual 24,855-mile journey between the Earth's poles. Join the monarch butterflies on their famous pilgrimage, upwards of 3,000 miles, from Canada to Mexico. Marvel at wildebeests, humpback whales, salmon, dragonflies, and more, as they travel around the globe and battle the Earth's toughest conditions to survive.

Genres: Animals, Nonfiction, Nature

160 pages, Hardcover

Published March 8, 2022

Reviews

[Mrs Mommy Booknerd http://mrsmommybooknerd.blogspot.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

@papress has done it again with this breathtaking book: THE ATLAS OF MIGRATING PLANTS AND ANIMALS (out on March 8th). It is beautifully laid out, illustrated and written in a way kids and adults will love. You can read it straight through or read it bit by bit by area of interest. Your imagination and curiosity will be peaked when learning about the migrating patterns of animals and plants. A must have for the home library because it is stunning and a book that makes a perfect center piece on the shelf!! A must read!

[Cori Stenning-Barnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely gorgeous illustrations! This is a beautiful book, I only wish that the maps were more incorporated throughout. Sometimes it was really hard to visualize some of the facts and I feel that having the maps either on each page or in their own more comprehensive section would have felt more cohesive.

[Rebecca Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely adored this book! I always enjoy reading or watching documentaries on ocean life, and this was just as fun as a television show. I would love to see this one in print, as I can imagine that the images and illustrations within the book would be of much better quality.

For those who love sea life, or are interested in plants and animals, this is a fabulous book to dive into! Perfect for younger readers as well!

[Sharon Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Atlas of Migrating Plants and Animals by Matt Sewell and Megan Lee is a children's nonfiction book currently scheduled for release on March 8 2022. This informative collection featuring mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, and plants from all continents and nearly all oceans will teach young nature lovers about migration in its many forms. Grade-school children will discover how creatures navigate the planet when they encounter climate change, sun, chemicals, the Earth’s magnetic field, and the changing seasons in this illustrated reference book. Follow flocks of arctic terns on their annual 24,855-mile journey between the Earth’s poles. Join the monarch butterflies on their famous pilgrimage, upwards of 3,000 miles, from Canada to Mexico. Marvel at wildebeests, humpback whales, salmon, dragonflies, and more, as they travel around the globe and battle the Earth’s toughest conditions to survive.

The Atlas of Migrating Plants and Animals is an interesting and accessible read that covers the migration style of over sixty living creatures. I thought the text was easy to follow, written in a conversational tone with some humor and interesting facts to keeps readers engaged. Each of the creature profiles includes one or most watercolor style illustrations of the subject matter. I think I would have preferred photographs, as the quality of those illustrations seemed to vary through out the book with some being near perfect and others feeling a little childish to me. The maps that are included are well done and help give a scope of some of the distances covered, but I do not think there are enough maps to really call this an atlas. I liked the information shared and think the book had great potential and intent, but fell short of what I was expecting from the title.

The Atlas of Migrating Plants and Animals is a well written and interesting read that could be helpful in the classroom. However, it fell short of being a true atlas for me.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I wish this book [3.5 for me] had explained its organization better, I was impressed with the layout of each page, the softly-colored illustrations, and its unique approach to migration. While most readers will be familiar with certain animal species that move from one place to another due to climate and seasonal changes, they will not be aware of how some of them migrate for other reasons such as finding food or looking for a place to lay their eggs. The journeys taken by some of these living things are short while others are incredibly long and challenging. There are plenty of species that take round trips from one place to another every year. And most interestingly, some of these migrators are plants and not just animals. I'm partial to the Christmas Island red crabs and the Wandering Albatross, whose wings spread across two pages. Each species is given a page of text and a full-page, colorful illustration, and the book designer has insured that there is plentiful white space around those images, the better to enjoy this unique atlas, perfect for browsing or reading straight through while marveling at Mother Nature's wonders. Five maps showing some of the migration routes of the 65 plants and animals highlighted here are included, but it wasn't always easy to sort out which route went with which species. Still, this is a handsome volume, sure to fascinate anyone interested in science or migration.

[MookNana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting enrichment book for older elementary and middle school. The stories of migration across all sorts of life forms--plants, birds, insects, fish, mammals--really capture the wonders of nature. The maps make the boggling geographic scope of animals' movements hit home!

This is quite text-intensive, though the writing is accessible and almost conversational in tone. There is plenty of humor and interesting facts to hold attention, but this is definitely better suited to older students who are strong independent readers. Each article has a large, watercolor-style illustration, which adds visual interest. This would be nice to have available in school libraries as a resource for projects or kids particularly interested in animals.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

[Margot]

There are people, involved in creating character sketches of professions. Sadly, the author of this book seems to be a character sketch of a scientific researcher. The second animal discussed is a huge shark, which is a fish. Only, the author claims it's the second largest fish. Wales are mammals, not fish... Sadly, the next description describes common wildebeests as all traveling in one herd, when they migrate... I've never heard of a herd animal that doesn't have separate herds. I would rate this book as speculative fiction. The water color illustrations are nice, but the descriptions, of the different flora and fauna, are not based on known scientific data.. even if the migrations are real.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fabulous compendium of over 60 different organisms that migrate. These range from the common dandelion to rare endangered species. Scientific and common names are listed before a concise paragraph or two about its unique qualities. Understated watercolor illustrations accompany the text along with maps showing a select few migratory paths. Great for integrating science with geography. A good resource with a vocabulary that will be most useful for upper elementary through middle school age grades.

[Ms. Yingling · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Deb Kiley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to Net Galley for an ARC of The Atlas of Migrating Plants and Animals. This amazing books highlights dozens of animals, birds, and plants from all over the world that migrate to survive. Each page has well researched information to explain the creature's reasons for migration and an illustration. There are several maps that diagram the journeys of a few of the animals explained. The maps showcase the astounding treks undertaken with a short paragraph with details of the journey. For elementary school-age students, this is a book they can read on their own or have someone read it to them. It doesn't have to be read front to back. The reader can pick and choose the creature they are interested in and read about it. The book is versatile: you can read one page or all of the pages in a sitting. As a retired science teacher who taught a unit on adaptations and migration, I learned some new details that amazed me. Enjoy this book (even if you are older than elementary school students)!