Burlington Public Library

"Join a tiny Arctic tern as she sets off on the world's longest animal migration. Watch as she passes humpback whales, caribou, Canada geese, leatherback turtles, and monarch butterflies, each on their own incredible journey south for winter. When the Arctic tern finally arrives, she must find a new home on the Antarctic shore and start her own family...until it's time to return to the northern skies once again" -- Book jacket.

Nuka, a harp seal pup, does not want to leave his friends when his mother tells him it is time to migrate to their summer home, but when he leaves the herd and tries to swim back alone, he gets lost and needs the help of a new friend.

A story of wonder and hope, with poetic language and lush oil paintings. Children will cheer on the tiny but mighty yellow warbler as she makes her perilous migration journey from the tropics of Central America to the Canadian tundra. The warbler is helped along the way by three different children and families: a Nicaraguan family whose traditional shade coffee farm sustains migrant birds, an African-American family that creates a garden in their...