Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Keywords: ideas, science, migrate, animals
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-04-15
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0778732835
ISBN-13: 9780778732839

This title is suitable for children of ages 7 to 9 years. Autumn is the time that many birds fly to places with warmer climates. Spring signals their return trip. Many birds migrate to keep warm and to find food that is not available in their winter homes. Not all migration is seasonal, however. Animals that graze, such as wildebeests, zebras, and antelopes, migrate in huge herds of millions of animals to find water and new plants to eat. There are also animals, such as humpback whales, sea turtles, and salmon, which migrate to reproduce. This book, containing fabulous photographs, will bring

Author: Robert Walker
Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co
Keywords: amp, human, migration, settlement, investigating, migrate, pulls, people, pushes
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2010-01-15
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0778751988
ISBN-13: 9780778751984

This intriguing book explores the reasons why people migrate: pushes - involuntary migrations - and pulls - voluntary migrations. Historical migrations examined include: the slave trade; the relocation of Native Americans; migrations due to famine in Africa; migrations linked to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the Irish potato famine; the migrations of Jews around the world; and the ’Great Migration’ of African Americans from the south to the north.

Author: Etta Kaner
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Keywords: animals, behavior, migrating, migrate
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 1553375483
ISBN-13: 9781553375487

Army ants move along the jungle floor with millions of their friends, eating everything in sight. Pacific golden plovers fly nonstop for five days across the ocean. Whether to relocate, find food or raise their young, animals migrate in many surprising ways.