The Chiru of High Tibet: A True Story - Rilegato

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

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ISBN 10: 0618581308 ISBN 13: 9780618581306

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Riassunto

The true gripping story of how scientist George Schaller and four mountain men set out to save the chiru (antelope-like creatures who cannot survive captivity and who live on the high plains of Tibet) from near extinction.

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Recensione:

"In free verse as beautiful as the landscape she describes, Martin tells the ecological plight of the chiru, the tiny antelope-like creatures of the northern plains of Tibet....Wingerter's lush watercolor landscapes, infused with the pinks and blues of the Tibetan sky and occasionally embellished by mandala-like frames, allow the reader to slow down and savor this gentle tale. Unobtrusive text boxes insert important factual information without detracting from the poetic story. Inspiration for scientists and ecologists everywhere."—Kirkus, starred review

"With an urgent conservation message, this picture book about a threatened species is also a true adventure that will hold readers with its action and facts about science."—Booklist

"It's rare for a children's book to both shock and inspire, but Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author of the Caldecott Medal winner Snowflake Bentley, achieves both in her latest undertaking....Spare yet elegant."—BookPage

"Youngsters taken more by pilgrimage than by conservation will be drawn by the spiritual tone of the searchers' journeys, while animal lovers will appreciate the extent to which people will go to save the vulnerable."—The Bulletin

Product Description:

Book by Martin Jacqueline Briggs

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0618581308
• ISBN 13: 9780618581306
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 40
• Disegnatore: Wingerter Linda