Venture to the Arctic Ocean and discover real life underwater unicorns--narwhals--in this stunningly illustrated nonfiction picture book.
A HORN BOOK AND BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEARYou are a narwhal.Shy... Swift... Small...Humans call you unicorn of the Arctic.When winter ice covers the Arctic Ocean, a narwhal pokes his head through a patch of open water, his tusk--a six-foot long tooth--pointed to the sky.
Join this mammal as he jousts with another narwhal, floats with his pod, and uses echolocation to find his prey. When warmer weather arrives, he will migrate towards summer ground. But he must be careful! Predators--orcas and polar bears--will be hungry and looking for a meal.... How will the narwhal escape? Will he be able to return to the winter bay?
Paired with atmospheric illustrations by debut illustrator Deena So'Oteh, nonfiction master Candace Fleming delivers a picture book, uniquely told in second person, that expertly explores the mysterious and fascinating unicorn of the Arctic.
"In this unique, breathtaking picture book, YOU are a narwhal--the unicorn of the Arctic! You joust, tusk to tusk, with another narwhal. You use echolocation to hunt for fish. You travel throu leads (small cracks) in six feet of ice in the Arctic Ocean. And--all while evading the jaws of hungry orcas--you migrate with your pod along a centuries-old path to your summer home."--Front jacket flap.
