A Caribou Alphabet

Description

Ten Best Illustrated Books, Parenting Magazine
An ALA Notable Book

Nature and letters come together in this enchanting classic about the mighty caribou, one of the great symbols of the arctic wilderness. It’s a counting book too–follow the number of hoof prints through the letters of the 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.

Color throughout