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K-3Lightning Bolt Books: Amazing Migrators series.
Four short chapters briefly introduce the characteristics, habitat, and reproduction of the arctic tern, then cover the basics of its annual migration: distance, starting point and destination, timing in the year and in the tern's life cycle, reasons terns must migrate, and threats humans pose to their migration patterns. Large, clear photographs help illustrate the somewhat choppy text. "Fun Facts" and "More Amazing Migrators" sections are appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.