Little Puffin's First Flight

Follow precious Little Puffin through his first year of life as his parents protect and prepare him for life on his own.

From the safety of the little chick’s nest to his clumsy attempts at flight, Van Zyle’s paintings depict Little Puffin’s adventures through a variety of perspectives, from close-up portraits to sweeping action scenes. Jonathan London’s lyrical prose imparts a reverence for wildlife, endearing the puffin chick―Sea Parrot, Underwater Acrobat, Clown of the Ocean―to the reader and creating a suspenseful read-aloud.

Jonathan London has written more than one hundred picture books for children, many of them about wildlife, including Honey Paw and Lightfoot, The Seasons of Little Wolf, The Eyes of Gray Wolf, and Pup the Sea Otter. He has sold more than 1.5 million books and is known in particular for his Froggy series. He lives with his wife in northern California.

Alaskan Jon Van Zyle has been the official artist of the Iditarod for nearly thirty years. Over a long and distinguished career, Van Zyle has painted the illustrations for many books, including The Eyes of Gray Wolf, The Seasons of Little Wolf, Iditarod Adventures, Honey Paw and Lightfoot, and Douggie. Jon and his wife, Jona, also an artist, live near Eagle River, Alaska, where they raise and train Siberian Huskies.