Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. This picture book, written and illustrated for grades K to 3, follows a year in the migratory life of reindeer. The book begins in the winter, with adult reindeer using their antlers to fight off predatory wolves and surviving on lichens, mosses, and other small plants. When spring comes, the herds gather for the migration to the summer pastures, where the calves are born.
Readers also learn that reindeer have helped humans survive for thousands of years.
Their meat has provided food, and their fur, hide, skin, and antlers have been made into clothing, tent walls, and tools. The book is illustrated with pastel artwork that depicts the reindeer against a background of the arctic seasons. Additional pictures include the plants they eat, landscape views of the migrating herds, and pictures of the products made from reindeer. A glossary is included. ENC does NOT distribute this resource.