Path of the Pronghorn
Gr 4-8–Large, eye-catching color photos accompany a quiet, informative text in this elegant book that celebrates an equally elegant North American mammal: Antilocapra americana–“the antelope-goat of America.” Urbigkit provides enough quality information to satisfy many young researchers, and Gocke's outstanding photos record the migratory year of Wyoming's Sublette herd. Along the way, such topics as the need for multiple stomachs and cud-chewing are explained, and a fine lesson in migration is shown in the photos and discussed in the text. The role of human construction in deciding the fate of the general pronghorn population is mentioned, as is the small recovery of desert populations in the Southwest. Urbigkit offers further information on a final page, along with a list of adult sources (recent juvenile works are somewhat thin). Handsome, slim, and as fast-paced as the pronghorns themselves, this is a lovely addition.–Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NYα(c) Copyright 2010.  Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.  No redistribution permitted.