Searching for Skye - Clarke, Gail

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Résumé :
Pilot and Skye, two Arctic tern babies, are about to start their first incredible migration from the Arctic to the Antarctic. The flock is ready and it's time to go when suddenly Skye cannot be found. Her worried parents search everywhere but she has simply disappeared. The family must leave with the flock or risk facing the long and difficult journey alone. Will they ever see their lost baby again? Follow their exciting and sometimes dangerous pole-to-pole migration to find out....

Biographie:
Once upon a time, I was a primary school teacher! After 28 years in a wonderful school in Hong Kong, I retired in 2004 and 'migrated' with my husband to Italy. This set me thinking about migration and animals that cover huge distances every year. With the help of my good friend Google, I discovered lots of interesting facts about migration: which animals go where, how they find their way and which routes they take. Suddenly, BING! an idea popped into my head! What if an animal wanted to send a message to a relative thousands of miles away? Perhaps he could ask for help from the migrating animals. That was how it all began. My first book was Patrick's Birthday Message and since publishing it, I have learned many more amazing facts about animals that have inspired me to write eight more books! As well as writing, illustrating and publishing my books I love visiting schools, talking to children, and sharing my stories with them. I now spend my time in Italy, Phuket and England, but most years I also travel to Hong Kong and Kenya to see my family of four children and six grandchildren. Everywhere I go my favourite hobby is visiting schools whether they are huge international campuses with thousands of children in Hong Kong, Phuket and Bangkok, or tiny village schools in Kenya and England. Patrick the Parrot loves to travel too and these days his friends Cosmos the Whale, Chameleon, Jed the Hammerhead Shark and of course Great-Grandpa Gilbert all come along with him.

Sommaire:
Once upon a time I was a primary school teacher! After 28 years in a wonderful school in Hong Kong, I retired in 2004 and 'migrated' with my husband to Italy. This set me thinking about migration and animals that cover huge distances every year. With the help of my good friend Google I discovered lots of interesting facts about migration: which animals go where, how they find their way and which routes they take. Suddenly, BING! an idea popped into my head! What if an animal wanted to send a message to a relative thousands of miles away? Perhaps he could ask for help from the migrating animals. That was how it all began with my first book: Patrick's Birthday Message. On my writing 'journey' since I wrote 'Patrick', I have learned loads of amazing facts about animals, many of which have been the inspiration for my other six books. As well as writing, illustrating and publishing my books I love visiting schools, talking to children, and sharing my stories with them. I now live in England, Italy and Phuket, Thailand, but most years I also travel to Hong Kong and Kenya to see my family of four children and six grandchildren. Everywhere I go my favourite hobby is visiting schools whether they are huge international schools with hundreds of children in Hong Kong, Phuket, Bangkok and Sri Lanka, or tiny village schools in Kenya and England. Patrick loves to travel too and is very excited about his friends Pilot and Skye and Cosmos the whale going with him in the future. Questions children often ask me: Where do your ideas come from? Sometimes they just pop into my head! Sometimes they come from an article or book I've read, and sometimes when I'm researching facts for a story I discover a fact that's so incredible that I think, I'll have to write a story about that! How long does it take to write a book? Well, once I have an idea I can write the story in a couple of weeks - sometimes even faster but then I have to do the illustrations and that takes a lot longer! Why do you usually write in rhyme? I love rhyme and I love to make up funny or silly rhymes. My mum did too and so do my grandchildren so I think it runs in the family! Rhyme keeps the story really 'tight' and I can't waffle too much! Are you famous? No, but when I visit schools the children are so welcoming and I have such a fabulous time that I feel famous! There are lots more questions from children on my website at gailclarkeauthor.com, some of them very funny....