Epic Animal Journeys Over Land: Animal Tracking Compass Book (Hardcover)

Follow incredible animals on some of the world's most epic journeys of migration over land.

Budding animal experts will be spell-bound with this interactive and informative book. Discover some of the most epic animal migrations on Earth as you join eight incredible journeys. From Asian elephants in Sri Lanka and Emperor penguins in the Antarctic to caribou in North America and Christmas Island crabs in the Pacific ocean, you will follow each animal's migration from start to finish, learning about their journey, why they migrate, where they are going, and the dangers they face along the way.

The compass included with the book helps to navigate each animal's journey as you follow the route on each page, see the different directions they take, and join them on their journey.

Written by New York Times best-selling science writer Steve Parker, with captivating illustrations by artist Olivier Ribbe.

A New York Times top ten best-selling author and editor, Steve Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award. Steve's Kill or Cure entered the New York Times Science Bestsellers and also won the British Medical Association Book Award for Public Understanding of Science.

Olivier Ribbe is an illustrator and art teacher based in France. Olivier is passionate about art, illustration, and design and sincerely believes the arts are essential to our world. Working from his home near Lyon, France, when not drawing, Olivier teaches illustration and graphic design to master's students. His perfect day is made up of walking in the forest and spending time drawing.