Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of Snowflake Bentley, winner of the 1999 Caldecott Medal, and The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, an ALA Notable Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, Riverbank Review Finalist, Notable Social Studies Trade book and winner of The Golden Kite Award for Illustration. She grew up on a farm in Maine much like the one in this story. She lives in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Linda Wingerter, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, grew up in a family of artists in rural Maine. She now lives in West Haven, Connecticut.
"In free verse as beautiful as the landscape she describes, Martin
tells the ecological plight of the chiru, the tiny antelope-like
creatures of the northern plains of Tibet....Wingerter's lush
watercolor landscapes, infused with the pinks and blues of the
Tibetan sky and occasionally embellished by mandala-like frames,
allow the reader to slow down and savor this gentle tale.
Unobtrusive text boxes insert important factual information without
detracting from the poetic story. Inspiration for scientists and
ecologists everywhere."--Kirkus, starred review
"With an urgent conservation message, this picture book about a
threatened species is also a true adventure that will hold readers
with its action and facts about science."--Booklist
"It's rare for a children's book to both shock and inspire, but
Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author of the Caldecott Medal winner
Snowflake Bentley, achieves both in her latest undertaking....Spare
yet elegant."--BookPage "Youngsters taken more by pilgrimage than
by conservation will be drawn by the spiritual tone of the
searchers' journeys, while animal lovers will appreciate the extent
to which people will go to save the vulnerable."--The Bulletin
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