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Nature and letters come together in this enchanting classic about the mighty caribou, one of the great symbols of the arctic wilderness. It’s a counting book too–follow the number of hoof prints through the letters of the alphabet.

Also included are a compendium of caribou facts and a new afterword about caribou in the twenty-first century. Journey into the magical world of the caribou, North America s own reindeer.

• A Tilbury House classic with 30,000 copies sold
• Expanded paperback edition includes a haunting new afterword by biologist Mark McCollough, describing the condition of the great arctic caribou herds in the age of climate change.
• Both an alphabet book and a child’s nature book.

Color throughout