Out on the Tundra
Subtitle: An Alaska Counting Rhyme
Contributors: Dale C. Preston (Illustrator)
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Published: November 1, 2002
Place of publication: Anchorage, AK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781888125962
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Counting-out rhymes; Animals - General; Juvenile Fiction; Children: Grades 2-3; Alaska; Animals; Children's poetry, American
Genres: Children's Picture Books
First sentence: Out on the tundra in the midnight sun lived a prickly porcupine and her porcupette one.
Description: The story that was started in Down by the River continues out onto the tundra. Olive A Wadsworth classic nursery poem, "Over in the Meadow," was written in the late 1800s and is based on a traditional Southern Appalachian counting rhyme. Sara Donkersloot and Dale Preston have created a northern version of this timeless favorite using the animals found on Alaska’s vast tundra. From Mother Porcupine with her single porcupette, to Mother Ptarmiganwith her little chicks ten, young children will want to hear this wonderful book read aloud again and again. As children sing or recite the verses, they learn to count and also learn more about Alaska plants, fish, and animals.