The Whooping Cranes of Wood Buffalo National Park
Meet the only naturally occurring flock of wild whooping cranes in the world!
A pair of elegant, snow-white whooping cranes prepare a nest and lay their eggs in the spectacular northern wetlands of Wood Buffalo National Park. Watch their tiny baby hatch and grow over the summer before the family flies to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge — their winter home on the Gulf Coast of Texas. They belong to the last remaining flock of wild whooping cranes that migrate vast distances each year between their northern and southern homes.
Long ago, thousands of whooping cranes lived in North America but, sadly, due to habitat loss and hunting, they are now endangered. Conservationists and many other dedicated people are working hard to restore wetlands and help these magnificent birds recover.
Includes an author’s note about protecting wetland habitat for the whooping cranes, and introduces other wild animals of Wood Buffalo National Park.
Wild by Nature: A series for young readers that explores the unique links between ecologically sensitive species and their habitats, and encourages the preservation of the world’s wild spaces.
Key Text Features
illustrations
author’s note
further information
further reading
facts
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.8
Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2
Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3
Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Meet the only naturally occurring flock of wild whooping cranes in the world!
A pair of elegant, snow-white whooping cranes prepare a nest and lay their eggs in the spectacular northern wetlands of Wood Buffalo National Park. Watch their tiny baby hatch and grow over the summer before the family flies to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge — their winter home on the Gulf Coast of Texas. They belong to the last remaining flock of wild whooping cranes that migrate vast distances each year between their northern and southern homes.
Long ago, thousands of whooping cranes lived in North America but, sadly, due to habitat loss and hunting, they are now endangered. Conservationists and many other dedicated people are working hard to restore wetlands and help these magnificent birds recover.
Includes an author’s note about protecting wetland habitat for the whooping cranes, and introduces other wild animals of Wood Buffalo National Park.
Wild by Nature: A series for young readers that explores the unique links between ecologically sensitive species and their habitats, and encourages the preservation of the world’s wild spaces.
Key Text Features
illustrations
author’s note
further information
further reading
facts
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.8
Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2
Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3
Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
| Published By | Groundwood Books Ltd — Apr 6, 2027 |
| Specifications | 36 pages | 8.75 in x 11 in |
| Written By |
DEBORAH HODGE is the author of more than thirty-five books for children. Her awards include the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada’s Information Book Award, the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature and the Honor Book distinction for the National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature. Her work has also been featured on such lists as ALA’s Top Ten Best Environmental Books for Youth. Deborah is a former teacher and curriculum writer who lives in Vancouver, BC. |
| Illustrated by |
KAREN RECZUCH has illustrated many award-winning children’s books. Loon by Susan Vande Griek won the TD Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-fiction, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Picture Book Award and the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada’s Information Book Award. Karen’s other books include West Coast Wild, also the winner of the Information Book Award, and three more titles in the West Coast Wild series, by Deborah Hodge. Karen lives in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia. |
| Written By |
|
DEBORAH HODGE is the author of more than thirty-five books for children. Her awards include the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada’s Information Book Award, the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature and the Honor Book distinction for the National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature. Her work has also been featured on such lists as ALA’s Top Ten Best Environmental Books for Youth. Deborah is a former teacher and curriculum writer who lives in Vancouver, BC. |
| Illustrated by |
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KAREN RECZUCH has illustrated many award-winning children’s books. Loon by Susan Vande Griek won the TD Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-fiction, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Picture Book Award and the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada’s Information Book Award. Karen’s other books include West Coast Wild, also the winner of the Information Book Award, and three more titles in the West Coast Wild series, by Deborah Hodge. Karen lives in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia. |
| Audience | ages 3 to 7 / grades P to 2 |
| Key Text Features | illustrations; author’s note; further information; further reading; facts |
| Common Core |
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.8 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2 |