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Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet

This nonfiction book tells the story of the mystery behind a little seabird, called the marbled murrelet in a picture book format. The murrelet makes its home in the ocean until it is time to lay it’s egg. This bird that is the same size of a robin lays just one egg, that is the size of a chicken egg. For hundreds of years, it was unknown where they lay this egg. It has just been discovered that they lay these eggs in the forest trees along the west coast. It is amazing because this bird will travel up to 50 miles one way to deliver a fish to the nest when the chick has hatched.  This is a story that takes place in the Pacific Northwest, making it of real interest to students in our area. The paintings just add to the beauty of the story. As the story is told, there are additional information boxes about these birds, forest and other forest animals set in the pictures, as well. The story brings to light the environmental ramifications logging companies are causing by taking the birds’ nesting ground. This is really neat story with lots of information about the outdoors that would be great to share with students.