Bound To Stay Bound

School Library Journal - 07/22/2022 K-Gr 3—The latest offering from Hevron recounts the journey an Arctic tern takes each year. With the resemblance of a poem, readers will be delighted to learn of this well-traveled species. Bite-size chunks of non-rhyming prose convey the 60,000-mile round-trip voyage an Arctic tern takes from Greenland to Antarctica and back. Charming illustrations display incredible craftsmanship and portray locations and wildlife these birds encounter throughout the journey. Within the illustrations, Hevron notes approximate dates of each stop to provide extra context for readers, allowing them to live vicariously through the travels of the Arctic tern. Included at the end is more information about terns, including their life stages, what they eat, and where to see them along their journey. Hevron also includes further reading options and the sources. This title could be considered a younger read-alike to Phillip Hoose's Moonbird, which focuses on the journey of Red Knots. VERDICT Young wildlife enthusiasts will thoroughly enjoy learning about the Arctic tern's annual trek in this recommended purchase for libraries with vast wildlife collections, especially those with a proclivity for literary nonfiction.—Kristin Unruh - Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 07/01/2022 Many animals set out on annual migrations, but the Arctic tern puts them all to shame, flying 60,000 miles from pole to pole. This tale follows a newly hatched tern in Greenland as she attempts her first trip across the world. As the flock flies under northern lights and across the sea, grabbing snacks on the go and resting on beaches and cliff sides, the little tern grows in strength and confidence, encountering noisy flamingos, ravenous humpback whales, and a sneaky skua bird. On and on they fly, eventually recuperating in the Antarctic before making the return trip. It all makes for a great story, and the text is lyrical and lively, conveying the tern chatter in kip-kip-kips and kree-ah, kree-ahs. A wooden background lends a textured, stylized touch to the lovely illustrations, all of which impart real sense of movement and the grand scale of travel. A more compact and detailed description of Arctic terns rounds things out on the final pages. A remarkable depiction of a truly extraordinary natural wonder. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

Booklist - 07/01/2022 - Copyright 2022 Booklist.