The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern's Migration by Hevron, Amy

Follow the epic annual migration of an Arctic Tern on its sixty-thousand-mile journey to the South Pole and back again, the longest such migration in the animal kingdom.

In their thirty-year lifetimes, Arctic Terns travel nearly 1.5 million miles, that's enough to fly to the Moon and back three times!

Each year they brave blistering winds, storms, rough seas, and airborne predators as they travel between the Earth's poles, chasing the summer. In The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern's Migration, we follow one such bird as it spreads its wings and sets out to make its first globe-spanning trip with its flock.

Amy Hevron's brilliant, naturalistic artwork mimicking maps and nautical charts is supported by extensive research and paired with material at the back of the book explaining the science behind the life cycle of Arctic Terns.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Named to the Delaware Diamonds Book List

Author: Amy Hevron
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Published: 07/12/2022
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780823447008
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2022
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2022 pg. 144
Booklist 07/01/2022 pg. 67
School Library Journal 07/22/2022 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 10/24/2022
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Amy Hevron is an illustrator, designer and children's book author. She wrote and illustrated Dust Bunny Wants a Friend and illustrated Trevor by Jim Averbeck, which received multiple starred reviews. She also illustrated The Tide Pool Waits, by Candace Fleming. In both 2015 and 2016, she received the Portfolio Honor Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives in Seattle with her family.