A new addition to the Creatures in White series offers an illustrated study that provides insight into the life of the Arctic owl, her brood, and how she and her mate go about feeding their pure white babies until they can go off on their own.
Wendy Pfeffer is an award winning author of many children’s books. A former teacher and nursery school director, Mrs. Pfeffer lives in Pennington, New Jersey. In addition to writing, she continues to teach writing and visit schools to share her work.
This book would be a good one to incorporate when discussing life cycles of animals. The photographs are so beautiful and students can get an excellent visualization of the snowy owls. There is also a page at the end of the book that offers additional facts such as the snowy owl has twice as many neck bones as humans and can turn its head a great deal more.