A Flamingo Chick Grows Up (Baby Animals)

Hewett, Joan

ISBN 10: 1575051648 ISBN 13: 9781575051642

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, 2001

Synopsis

Follows Puck, a flamingo chick, as he grows up from a tiny baby chick to a full-grown flamingo.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-These books follow three animals that live on nature preserves from birth to independence. Each page includes a few sentences of large-print type about the featured animal's life and development and a full-color photo. Puck, a Caribbean flamingo living at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL, has parents that take turns watching over him until he is about seven months of age. Sidney, an orphaned harbor seal, is rescued by Seal Watch at about three weeks of age, and finds a new home at a sea-mammal center until she is ready to be returned to the wild. Finally, Kipper begins life in his mother's pouch not much bigger than a kidney bean. During the next 13 months, he learns to hop, climbing in and out of his mother's pouch, and napping in the hot sun at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia. Students writing reports may need to supplement these selections with other titles, as there is not a lot of detail concerning habits and habitats. Overall, though, the books are attractive and will enhance science collections.
Roxanne Burg, Thousand Oaks Library, CA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1575051648
• ISBN 13: 9781575051642
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hewett Richard