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The magnificent migration on safari with Africa's last great herds

Follows a safari team led by Dr. Richard Estes as they track one of the largest land migrations--wildebeests crossing the Serengeti--with information on other animal migrations and the importance of protecting the African savanna ecosystem.

Main Author: Montgomery, Sy (Author)
Other Authors: Wood, Roger, 1947- (Photographer), Wood, Logan (Photographer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
Subjects:
Rathfon, Joyce tribute.
Animal migration > Tanzania > Serengeti Plain > Juvenile nonfiction.
Safaris > Tanzania > Serengeti Plain.
Summary: Follows a safari team led by Dr. Richard Estes as they track one of the largest land migrations--wildebeests crossing the Serengeti--with information on other animal migrations and the importance of protecting the African savanna ecosystem.
Physical Description: 149 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Audience: Age 10+
Grade 4 to 6.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780544761131
0544761138
Author Notes: Sy Montgomery was born on February 7, 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany. She is a 1979 graduate of Syracuse University, a triple major with dual degrees in Magazine Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and in French Language and Literature and in Psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Keene State College in 2004, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce University and also from Southern New Hampshire University in 2011.

Montgomery is a naturalist. She is an author, and scriptwriter. Her most popular book, The Good Good Pig, is a memoir of her life with her pig, Christopher Hogwood. The book became listed on the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. How to be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals was published in September 2018. Her other notable titles include Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Search for the Golden Moon Bear.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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