Caribou Alphabet, A

Ten Best Illustrated Books, Parenting Magazine

An ALA Notable Book

 

Once common in the northern United States, caribou are more closely identified with the Canadian arctic – and with Lapland, where their domesticated relatives, reindeer, are essential to the lives of the indigenous people. Through art and rhyme, this book celebrates the strength and beauty of one of nature’s great survivors.

Written and illustrated by Mary Beth Owens

$9.95 paperback

9780884484462

PICTURE BOOK/NONFICTION/NATURE

Mary Beth Owens is the author/illustrator of several picture books for children, among them the Tilbury House titles, Remember Me: Tomah Joseph’s Gift to Franklin Roosevelt. Her books also include Panda Whispers and Counting Cranes. She has a passion for studying ad illustrating nature. She lives in Maine.

“Lovingly done and resonant in its execution.” — Publishers Weekly

 

“A tour de force.” — The New York Times