First in a new children's series from the Cornell Lab Publishing Group and award-winning author and artist, Caren Loebel-Fried,
A Perfect Day for an Albatross sweeps you into an albatross's world of wind, rolling seas, boisterous dancing, and their intense commitment to one another and their nestlings.
Set on Midway Atoll, where 72 percent of the world's Laysan Albatrosses make their nests, Malie, an albatross, must protect her egg until her mate returns. Join Malie as she dances, hunts, and soars over the ocean swells. Illustrated with original hand-carved, hand-pulled, hand-colored block prints, evoking the culture and habitats of Albatrosses, with flowing water-colored block prints that make this title a glorious treat for the eyes, as well as the heart.
A Perfect Day for an Albatross is compatible with Bird QR for streaming sounds, video, and other content. Back matter includes a Bird QR link to watch live albatrosses on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology HD cam in Hawai'i.
On Midway Atoll, an albatross named Mãlie must protect her egg until her mate returns. Join Mãlie as she dances, hunts, and soars over the ocean swells!
On the remote islands of Midway Atoll, nearly all of the world's Laysan Albatrosses make their nests. Caren Loebel-Fried spent five weeks there counting, observing, sketching, photographing, and filming these albatrosses before writing this book. A Perfect Day for an Albatross reflects the latest discoveries about these amazing birds who spend most of their very long lives on open ocean. Skillfully weaving this information into an exciting and charming story, Caren makes you want to meet an albatross!
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"?Loebel-Fried's captivating text is full of vivid descriptions and fun-to-say words that delight the ear and tongue? Readers learn an amazing amount about the lives and behaviors of the birds? The book's visual images are every bit as stunning?"
