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London, Jonathan Bash, Barbara, Illustrator

Phantom of the Prairie: Year of the Black-footed Ferret

32 pp. | Sierra | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-87156-387-8

(3) K-3 Poetic prose chronicles a year in the life of Phantom, a rare black-footed ferret who makes her home on the North American prairie. Born in a cozy underground burrow, Phantom learns to hunt prairie dogs, elude coyotes, and survive a lean winter before mating in the spring and giving birth to her own kits. Watercolors in earthy hues depict the endangered, lithe-bodied mammal and her habitat from a number of dramatic perspectives.

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