In wonderful color illustrations and entertaining, informative text, author/illustrator Katherine Zecca tells the story of the life cycle of one puffin family, showing children how and where puffins feed, how they raise their young (called pufflings), and how they defend themselves.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Rowman & Littlefield .

Johnette Downing is an award-winning and internationally recognized singer and songwriter. Her many accolades include eight Parents' Choice Awards, four iParenting Media Awards, and five National Parenting Publication Awards. She wrote and/or illustrated There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Bugs, Why the Crawfish Lives in the Mud, How to Dress a Po' Boy, Why the Oyster Has the Pearl, Why the Possum Has a Large Grin, Macarooned on a Dessert Island, The Fifolet, and other Pelican titles. Downing lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. An award-winning medical illustrator, Katherine Zecca was a scientific illustrator for NOAA Fisheries and illustrates for the Smithsonian Institute. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and teaches classes in nature sketching across the country.