Books with title Gone Again Ptarmigan

Every winter, willow ptarmigan birds put on new feathery coats, softly white and perfect for hiding in snow. In the spring they take on a spotted brown more suited to nesting. This is just one of the captivating changes that take place in the Far North as animals adjust to the changing seasons. Gone Again Ptarmigan allows readers to be wilderness explorers. Following the course of a year, readers learn how the birds change their plumage, forage, and evade predators, crossing paths with many of the other creatures sharing their land. With lively acrylic illustrations and an author’s note at the end to extend learning, Gone Again Ptarmigan is a beautiful introduction to the adaptable animals of the wild North.

This endearing narrative of Ptimothy Ptarmigan and his friends on Mount Massive in central Colorado features high alpine residents Marcus Marmot, Ada Pika, and a hermitic poet named the Poet Good. The book recounts their ordeal in a severe winter, Ptimothy s friendship with the poet, and his subsequent journey, at time perilous and at times joyous, to the city of Denver where he meets a lovely local pigeon named Penny, learns of the ways of man, and attends, to his utter joy, a performance of the symphony. In this tale of wonder and wanderlust, author Frank Daniels employs appealing and intellectually stimulating forms of language that will interest and excite young readers including alliteration, oxymorons, poetry, puns, and palindromes. A children s book for readers of all ages.