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Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd
By Karsten Heuer
Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Winner: Non-Fiction Environment and Ecology Award 2007.
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The ASPCA Henry Bergh Book Award honors books that promote the humane ethic of compassion and respect for all living things. |
In one of the earth's most amazing migrations, more than 100,000 caribou trek thousands of miles each year over high mountain ranges, through snowy passes, and across icy rivers. But they have to battle more than just the brutal elements-hungry wolves, huge grizzly bears, human hunters, and hordes of bloodthirsty insects. Karsten Heuer and his wife, Leanne Allison, are the only humans ever to become part of a caribou herd and join it on its arduous journey. To keep up, they had to move, act, and even think like caribou. Karsten and Leanne's incredible adventure gives us a window into a world that we have never seen before.
Hardcover, ages 9-12.
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