Autorentext

Martin Jenkins is a conservation biologist by trade. He worked for ten years for World Conservation Monitoring Centre, writing about a range of conservation issues, and since 1990 he has worked freelance for organizations such as WWF and a number of UN bodies concerned with conservation and the environment. Martin has written many children's books, including Emperor's Egg, winner of The Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award and Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back, which was shortlisted for the same award.
Jenni Desmond is an illustrator, artist and picture book author working from a studio in a rattling railway arch in London. She graduated with distinction from the Masters in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art (APU). Her first picture book won the Cambridgeshire "Read it Again" Picture Book Award. She has also illustrated Joy, written by Yasmeen Ismail and On the Night of the Shooting Star, written by Amy Hest. Visit Jenni's website: www.jennidesmond.com

Klappentext

A delightful Nature Storybook from an award-winning author/illustrator pairing.
Everyone recognizes the puffin with its black-and-white feathers and brightly coloured bill. But how does the puffin live? What happens down in its burrow? And how on earth does it carry all those fish in its bill? Discover the amazing world of the puffin in an exciting collaboration between the award-winning pair of author Martin Jenkins and illustrator Jenni Desmond. This new title in the celebrated Nature Storybook series is packed with interesting facts to inspire a love of the natural world.