Ookpik: The Travels of a Snowy Owl

by Bruce Hiscock

Book Overview

One snowy owl's first year and its struggle to survive. Fed by his parents, Ookpik, which means "snowy owl" in the Inuit language, grows quickly in the short Arctic summer. By autumn he has learned to hunt on his own, but prey is scarce on the tundra that year. The owl's instincts tell him that he must leave this land or starve. Ookpik flies south, over the great forests of Canada, and finally lands in the United States, always searching for food...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590784618
• ISBN13: 9781590784617
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Astra Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5