Angela Leeper's review of The Chiru of High Tibet, "The Search for the Secret Birthing Ground of the Chiru." She says, "It’s
rare for a children’s book to both shock and inspire, but Jacqueline
Briggs Martin, author of the Caldecott Medal winner Snowflake Bentley,
achieves both in her latest undertaking, The Chiru of High Tibet." Read the complete review on The BookPage at www.bookpage.com
The National Science Teachers Association--Children's Book Council's Outstanding Science Committee has named the book to the "Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12" List for 2011.
Read Annika's "Kid Review" for Non-fiction Monday on Pat Zietlow Miller's Read, Write, Repeat Book Blog.
Comments by Wini Ashooh, "LibraryPoint: Central Rappahannock Regional Library" -- "This book is another example of why I love reading children's books." Read her entire comments/review at Library Point.
From the Daily News Online: Entertainment -- "This graceful picture book lets children experience the
secret world of a rare wild species hidden away deep in the remotest reaches of Tibet.
Wide, sweeping landscapes and the simplest story telling convey the patience and
the scientists and explorers who sought the secrets of the chiru." -- Mary Taft, Prairie Lights Books, Iowa City, IA
 Starred review in Kirkus: "In
free verse as beautiful as the landscape she describes, Martin tells
the ecological plight of the chiru, the tiny antelope-like creatures of
the northern plains of Tibet...Wingerter's lush watercolor landscapes,
infused with the pinks and blues of the Tibetan sky and occasionally
embellished by mandala-like frames, allow the reader to slow down and
savor this gentle tale."
Named on Kirkus's Best Books of 2010 List - see complete review from Kirkus "
From Booklist: "With an urgent conservation message, this
picture book about a threatened species is also a true adventure that
will hold readers with its action and facts about science. In spare,
free verse, Martin describes the chiru, [and] .... The threat to the
amazing species. Grades 1-3."
From School Library Journal: This book takes a potentially horrifying topic and turns it into a heroic adventure tale. grades 1-3.
From ABookandAHug.com: "Doing
something noble, protecting our natural resources, placing your values
and your purpose on something larger than yourself that leaves the
material world in the dust and the true wonder of this achievement all
glow in this intriguing true adventure story. Beautiful lilting
narrative and gentle inviting illustrations make this a real gem.
40 pages ages 5-11.
From Children's Literature: This is the dramatic, true,
vividly and poetically told story of the incredibly difficult journey
to discover the calving place, and then the effort to have the Chinese
government protect it. Sidebars add further information. Double-page
scenes are like spacious dioramas, with acrylic paints creating
impressive mountain ranges and vast flatlands; each bathed in blues or
violets, or amid snow-streaked yellow calving grounds. A decorative
frontispiece in Tibetan style, a mystical concluding illustration, and
decorative borders all suggest Tibetan art.
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