North American Pelicans (Nature Watch)
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781575051710
Subjects: Science & Nature - General; North America; Children: Grades 4-6; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction; Pelicans; Birds & Birdwatching - General; Animals - Birds; Juvenile literature
First sentence: With wings folded and neck and bill extended, a brown pelican hurtles at 40 miles an hour (60 km/h) toward a school of fish swimming near the sea's surface.