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"Every year, millions of animals of all shapes and sizes make epic journeys across our planet. Animals migrate because their environment changes. They travel to find food or give birth safely, often enduring harsh weather and dodging hungry predators. Emperor penguins trudge through snow, ice, and bitter temperatures to reach their breeding grounds. Great white sharks swim more than 6,000 miles in search of prey. African elephants trek through barren...

In East Africa, the Serengeti comes alive when wildebeests journey across treacherous terrain to find the best grazing locations. Every year, approximately 1.5 million wildebeests migrate over 1,800 miles or nearly 3,000 kilometers searching for rain ripened grass. Prior to their journey toward Kenya, they graze on the grasses of the Serengeti in Tanzania before the rainy season comes. As they search for food and water, they endure crocodile-filled...

"Arctic terns travel 44,000 miles every year - the longest animal migration in the world!  From pole to pole and back again, these flying machines zigzag across the world to follow the summer.  Early readers will devour this fact-filled title about the impressive Arctic tern" -- Publisher's website.

Introduces sperm whales, including their different body parts, how they travel in groups, what they eat, and how they care for their young.

A simple presentation of the migratory habits of such animals as geese, eels, frogs and toads, and more.

Readers will learn about the impressive migration of wildebeest living in the Serengeti in Tanzania, Africa. The title will cover information like why and when they migrate, how far they migrate, and where they migrate. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to wildebeest migrations. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- Provided by publisher.

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.

Two little birds make their first grand migration south, and later return home to start new families.

Follow an Emperor penguin on its migration in Antarctica to breeding grounds in the month of March. This amazing bird will delight readers, as will the photos and exciting information, and migration route map! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Detailed maps Glossary of key words Index Table of contents From dragonflies to emperor penguins, groups of insects...