A Children’s Guide to Arctic Birds

ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ 200-ᒦᐸᓗᒃᐳᑦ ᑐᓛᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐃᕙᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐸᒥᖅᓴᐃᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᐊᕋᕐᒥᓂᒃ. ᐅᕙᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ 12-ᓂᒃ ᑎᒻᒥᐊᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᕐᓂᒃ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᑐᐊᒃᑯᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐃᓂᓪᓚᒃᑎᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᔭᕐᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᓛᓃᑦᑐᓪᓗ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᓂᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᑎᒻᒥᐊᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᑑᑎᖃᖅᑐᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖏᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᓂ ᒪᓐᓂᒃᓯᐅᕐᕕᒃᓴᐅᒻᒪᖔᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᑎᒻᒥᐊᑦ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᓲᖑᒻᒪᖔᑕ.

Nearly 200 species of birds nest in the North American Arctic. While a few hardy species live in the Arctic year-round, most birds travel seasonally to the Arctic to lay their eggs and raise their young. In this first volume of A Children’s Guide to Arctic Birds, young readers learn about twelve of the birds that call the Arctic home, whether that be for the whole year or just for the summer.

With a simple layout and easy-to-follow headings for each bird, this beautiful book is filled with fun, useful facts, including where each bird nests during the short Arctic summer, and how young readers can recognize each bird’s song on the wind.

Step inside and journey North—you may even spot a familiar feathered friend. Because many of the birds found in A Children’s Guide to Arctic Birds migrate to the Arctic from many parts of the world, you might also see some of these birds along a shoreline, in a field, or in a backyard near you!

Written by Mia Pelletier | Illustrated by Danny Christopher

Paperback (English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-532-2 | $14.95 | 8″ x 9″ | 32 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 6-8 | F&P Level S |

Hardcover (English) | ISBN: 978-1-927095-67-6 | $16.95 | 8″ x 9″ | 32 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 6-8 | F&P Level S |

Paperback (Inuktitut Syllabics) | ISBN: 978-1-927095-72-0 | $10.95 | 8″ x 9″ | 32 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 6-8 | F&P Level S |

Paperback (Inuktitut Roman Orthography) | ISBN: 978-1-772270-26-6 | $10.95 | 8″ x 9″ | 32 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 6-8 | F&P Level S |

EPUB (English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-046-4 | $9.99 | 32 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 6-8 | F&P Level S |

Praise

“[The art is] one of the strong points of this nonfiction book, but so are the facts provided about birds.”—American Indians in Children’s Literature (AICL)

“Interesting for bird lovers whose homes are in temperate climes as well, especially those who might see some of these intriguing Arctic nesters in winter.”—Kirkus Reviews

Awards

Best Books — American Indians in Children’s Literature (AICL), 2014