The Chiru of High Tibet

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by Linda S. Wingerter

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Jacqueline Briggs Martin talks about The Chiru of High Tibet (A YOUtube Video)

From the publisher:

The true gripping story of how scientist George Schaller and four mountain men set out to save the chiru (Tibetan Antelope who cannot survive captivity and who live on the high plains of Tibet) from near extinction.

About the Author

Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of Snowflake Bentley, winner of the 1999 Caldecott Medal, and The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, an ALA Notable Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, Riverbank Review Finalist, Notable Social Studies Trade book and winner of The Golden Kite Award for Illustration.  She lives in Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

About the Illustrator

Linda Wingerter, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, grew up in a family of artists in rural Maine. She now lives in West Haven, Connecticut.