A Caribou Alphabet — Mary Beth Owens

* Ten Best Illustrated Books, Parenting Magazine *
* An ALA Notable Book *

Nature and letters come together in this enchanting classic about the mighty caribou, one of the great symbols of the arctic wilderness. It's a counting book too--follow the number of hoof prints through the letters of the alphabet.

Also included are a compendium of caribou facts and a new afterword about caribou in the twenty-first century. Journey into the magical world of the caribou, North America s own reindeer.

A Tilbury House classic with 30,000 copies sold
Expanded paperback edition includes a haunting new afterword by biologist Mark McCollough, describing the condition of the great arctic caribou herds in the age of climate change.
Both an alphabet book and a child's nature book.