Puffling Patrol
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600604242 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 56 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In August, when the adult puffins fly away for the winter, their fledglings must fend for themselves. After accompanying a team of researchers studying the puffins’ burrows in cliffs above the sea, the Lewins follow two children, twins Erna and Dáni, as they find a wayward puffling, take it home for the night, visit the natural history museum’s rescue station the next day, and help with the release of many pufflings. --Carolyn Phelan . Grades 2-4. Each year some fly into town rather than out to sea, but the children and adult volunteers of the Puffling Patrol rescue many of the vulnerable birds. Pair this large
"Beautiful!" according to R Cotterill. Travelling round Iceland in the summer of 2006, we spent a couple of wonderful days on the small island of Heimaey. In a little cafe by the harbour, we spotted some colourful signs with numbers counting down the days to something. We didn't know what. When we asked the proprietor, expecting perhaps a sporting event or a festival, we w. "Amazing illustrations, amazing story" according to Debnance at Readerbuzz. Who needs to travel when there are books like Ted and Betsy Lewin's Puffling Patrol? This time the Lewins take us to a group of islands off the coast of Iceland where thousands of puffins spend their summer raising their chicks. In August the chicks, called pufflings, must go to sea and the children of the islands go to work to help t
Ted and Betsy Lewin's illustrated account of their trip to an island off the coast of Iceland, where they chronicle the annual activities of The Puffling Patrol, local children who rescue and care for lost young puffins and facilitate their first flight out to sea.