Looking for Seabirds: Journal from an Alaskan Voyage

by Sophie Webb

To human eyes, the remote Aleutian Islands of Alaska look barren and rocky. The waters seem frigid, the high, sweeping winds intolerable, and the seas rolling. Yet to seabirds of the northern hemisphere, these waters are idyllic, a mosaic of habitats teeming with underwater food and alive with currents of wind for soaring. Join Sophie Webb on a voyage in search of seabirds. Just as she did with her award-winning My Season with Penguins, she once again...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618212353
• ISBN13: 9780618212354
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great book for kids who dream of being Field Scientists

This is a fantastic book for showing grade schoolers what life as a biological field scientist would be like. Webb's journal format really brings the trip to life in a personal way. If you are a birdwatcher, you will enjoy this book as a well written trip report with great information on sea bird ecology and behaviour. The information is great, but the illustrations are even better. The book is filled with sea bird paintings from the author that help her share the amazing spectacles she has seen while in the field. Great book, quick read, beautiful illustrations.

Wonderful Book!

Quite simply a joy to read. The paintings are wonderful and truly depict the variety of marine life that Ms Webb writes about. A book for all ages!