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Secrets of the Loon

Laura Purdie Salas

Illustrator: Charles Dayton

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2020

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press

ISBN: 978-1-68134-158-3

Keywords: loon, aquatic bird, growth, survival

Rhymed text enveloped in lyrical photographic settings capture an aquatic bird's first year as she learns to survive and spread her wings. End matter.