Nights of the Pufflings

Informationen zum Autor Bruce McMillan has written and illustrated more children’s books set in Iceland than any other United States author. Going Fishing is his sixth to be set there, and his forty-third overall. He often summers in Iceland, though he lives in Shapleigh, Maine. Bruce holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Maine and has received numerous awards and honors for his children’s books. Zusammenfassung On a tiny island off the coast of Iceland, Halla and her friends wait with anticipation. Every spring, millions of puffins, the clowns of the sea, return to nest, lay eggs, and raise their chicks to pufflings. That means Halla and her friends will be busy in August when the pufflings venture out at night to take their first flight. Then, all of the children stay out all night, too. During the nights of the pufflings they rescue thousands of stranded young birds, and in the daytime set them safely free at the beach. In Nights of the Pufflings, Bruce McMillan captures the unique and endearing story of an island tradition.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bruce McMillan
• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 4 bis 7 Jahre
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.03.1997
• EAN: 9780395856932
• ISBN: 978-0-395-85693-2
• Abmessung: 235 mm x 260 mm x 6 mm
• Themen: Europe, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Birds, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Educational: Environmental science, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Marine Life, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Animal Welfare, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Birds, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Science & Nature / Zoology, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Places / Europe