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Loon
The haunting call of a loon is quintessential summertime for many people. These majestically beautiful birds breed on northern lakes during the spring and summer, and when fall arrives, they migrate to open coastal waters. Young loons stay on the ocean for three or four years until they mature and their gray feathers molt, turning to the beautiful black-and-white patterned...more
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published
August 16th 2011
by Groundwood Books
(first published August 9th 2011)
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Beautiful illustrations, lyrical text (sometimes distracting from the information).
Learned something new - juvenile loons spend several years at sea before becoming adults!
Learned something new - juvenile loons spend several years at sea before becoming adults!
With beautiful language and exceptionally detailed acrylic illustrations, the life cycle of a loon is described from the two chicks' hatching in June to their preparation years later for their own nest and their own chicks. Many of the word choices help readers visualize the water birds; for example, "The chicks copy their papa/ as he pokes, picks and preens,/ oiling, arranging his feathers/ to keep them waterproof and neat" (unpaginated) and "...a first-ever bird's eye view/ of their large birt...more
"It is a birth day, a late June day, a baby loon's first day." This book explains the life cycle of the loon in lyrical images and accurate factual details. Additional information about the Common Loon is included in the back.
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Beautiful picture book that teaches about the life of loons! I will defintiely recommend this one at work!
This was a fascinating book on loons with fabulous illustrations and information on this wonderful bird.
Nice illustrations. Very heavy on text/very informative about loons.
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I loved the details and expression in the book!
Beautiful paintings.
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