Description

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* 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.

About the Author

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MARY BETH OWENS (Newcastle, ME) is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books, among them Panda Whispers, Caribou Alphabet, Counting Cranes, and Be Blest: A Celebration of Seasons. She incorporates her passion for the natural world with her enthusiasm for children’s books and teaching art. Research trips have taken her to study caribou in northern Maine, whooping cranes in New Mexico and Texas, sea turtles in Antigua, and marsupials in Australia.

Praise For…

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An ode to the caribou,
lovingly done and resonant in its execution.
— Publishers Weekly

An unusually attractive and
informative book.
— School Library Journal

A tour
de force: both a homage to a particular creature and a textbook example of how an
alphabet book can educate and delight a young reader.
— The New York Times