Winged Migration

by Jacques Perrin and Jean-François Mongibeaux

Book Overview

Ever-fascinated with the animal kingdom, producer Jacques Perrin (of Microcosmos fame) got together a team of specialists to follow birds on their mysterious journeys. The result is an Oscar-nominated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2020612925
• ISBN13: 9782020612920
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Seuil
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 6.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 11.6" x 13.7"

Customer Reviews

Winged Migration by Perrin

This book is perfect for a school project. It contains full colorpictures of birds in the natural environment. There are picturesof the Guacharos of the Andes, the Snowy Owl and many otherdenominations on every continent including Antartica. Thepresentations are larger than life depictions of nature.Birds are shown in the migratory state; wherein, it is notunusual to travel beyond 10,000 miles to a final destination.The volume is well worth the price charged. This would make a great gift for the student in your house. The pictures areon par with the National Geographic Magazine presentationsof birds in their natural habitat.

Winged Migration -- the book

My interest for this book was sparked by my having seen the video of the same name. The book, however, goes beyond the video in that it identifies specifically "the players" -gives descriptions of them, their migratory patterns, their habits and habitats, as well as explaining by example the filming of the movie. If you have not seen the video, it will open a whole new world of bird migration to you. The migrations will become, to the reader, so important, majestic, and exciting in and of themselves. The premise, very simply, is that birds migrate to survive. The book will take the reader beyond his own responsibilities of commuting to work every day; it will reaffirm for the naturalists the necessity of living each day within an already pre-established harmony ; it will move any reader to higher levels of tolerance and compassion as, with its reading, one feels with absolute and great starkness how we all fit together on this planet. The book is truly an uplifting masterpiece. And it is magnificently photographed and presented. As long as birds are migrating, this book will be timelessly and repeatedly appreciated for its, as well, as the birds', utter beauty.