The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Dunphy, Madeleine

The Peregrine's Journey: A Story of Migration

32 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | September, 2000 | Library ISBN 0-7613-1353-2 $$21.90

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Kristin Kest. Readers follow a peregrine falcon's annual eight-thousand-mile trip from Alaska to Argentina, as the text presents information about her habits, including feeding, resting, bathing, and interacting with other birds along the way. Detailed paintings illustrate habitats and behaviors. An author's note provides more information and states that the story was based on the migration of a falcon tracked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo