A Caribou Alphabet

Also included are a compendium of caribou facts and a new afterword about caribou in the twenty-first century. Journey into the magical world of the caribou, North America s own reindeer.

• A Tilbury House classic with 30,000 copies sold


• Expanded paperback edition includes a haunting new afterword by biologist Mark McCollough, describing the condition of the great arctic caribou herds in the age of climate change.


• Both an alphabet book and a child's nature book.

About the author

MARY BETH OWENS (Newcastle, ME) is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books, among them Panda Whispers, Caribou Alphabet, Counting Cranes, and Be Blest: A Celebration of Seasons. She incorporates her passion for the natural world with her enthusiasm for children's books and teaching art. Research trips have taken her to study caribou in northern Maine, whooping cranes in New Mexico and Texas, sea turtles in Antigua, and marsupials in Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Beth Owens
• Assisted by: Mary Beth Owens (Illustration)
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2015
• EAN: 9780884484462
• ISBN: 978-0-88448-446-2
• No. of pages: 36
• Dimensions: 211 mm x 254 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: Tilbury House Nature Book; Tilbury House Nature Book
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; JUVENILE FICTION / General, Children's Books / Baby-Preschool