Little Loon
Hodgkins, Fran. Illus: Hayes, Karel
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Description for Little Loon
Hardback. Readers follow along as a baby loon grows and discovers the world around her. They'll learn how loons are perfectly adapted to life in the water and discover that the biggest threats to loons come from people. Closes with a page of pertinent loon facts and ways for children to help protect this beloved waterfowl. Illustrator(s): Hayes, Karel. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AD; YFP; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 287 x 222 x 10. Weight in Grams: 467.
Little Loon traces the birth and first summer of a loon chick on a New England lake, ending with the loon’s migration for the winter. Readers follow along as the baby loon grows and discovers the world around her. Along the way, they’ll learn that loons are so perfectly adapted to life in the water that it’s very difficult for them to walk on land. They only come out of the water to lay eggs, so their nests are built are very close to shore and are very susceptible to flooding in heavy rains. Readers will also discover that the ... Read more
Little Loon traces the birth and first summer of a loon chick on a New England lake, ending with the loon’s migration for the winter. Readers follow along as the baby loon grows and discovers the world around her. Along the way, they’ll learn that loons are so perfectly adapted to life in the water that it’s very difficult for them to walk on land. They only come out of the water to lay eggs, so their nests are built are very close to shore and are very susceptible to flooding in heavy rains. Readers will also discover that the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781608933723
SKU
V9781608933723
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Hodgkins, Fran. Illus: Hayes, Karel
Fran Hodgkins is the author of numerous children’s books, including Andre the Famous Harbor Seal and How People Learned to Fly. She lives in Rockport, Maine. Karel Hayes is the best-selling illustrator of the “Visitors” series, which includes The Winter Visitors, The Summer Visitors, The Christmas Visitors, and the forthcoming The Autumn Visitors (Sept. 2015). She lives in Center ... Read more
Reviews for Little Loon
Little Loon is the story about a loon and her first summer on the lake, and also teaches loon facts. . . .I liked Little Loon because I have seen loons at our cottage in Canada. I learned some facts about loons, like the color of the eggs, that baby loons float, and that both parents take care of the ... Read more