 Skye, a baby puffin, sneaks out of his parents’ burrow, falls off a cliff, and lands on the back of a gannet in flight. Skye’s adventure in Scotland’s Firth of Forth is written in rhyme and is illustrated with cute watercolor paintings. The sweet story is a sequel to the best-selling Harris the Hero by Lynne Rickards. mjw |
| Title: Skye The Puffling Author: Lynne Rickards Illustrator: Jon Mitchell Publisher: Picture Kelpies, an imprint of Floris Books, Edinburgh Copyright: 2016 Original Language: English ISBN: 978-1-78250-255-5 Paperback pages: 32 Age range: 3-6 Genre: Picture Book Book setting: Scotland Author’s ethnicity: Born in Canada Author’s residence: Scotland Illustrator’s ethnicity: British Illustrator’s residence: England Subjects: Birds, Puffins |
Skye The Puffling
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