
Keep on Moving
The Great Animal Migrations Large and Small
Die Gestalten Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 25. September 2025
Book
Hardback
72 pages
978-3-96704-790-5 (ISBN)
Description
Join nature's greatest travelers and experience the wonders of migration like never before!
From humpback whales that travel thousands of kilometers from Antarctica to Costa Rica every year, to dragonflies crossing the Indian Ocean without rest, Keep on Moving takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the marvels of animal migration. Blending their latest scientific discoveries with conservation insights, real-life observations, and fascinating facts, this book explores how and why animals migrate. Along the way, readers will uncover key science topics like food chains, habitats, and life cycles-all while meeting some of the most extraordinary migrating species on Earth.
More details
Edition
Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
68 Illustrations, color; 68 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 243 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-96704-790-5 (9783967047905)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Sara Forster is a writer and editor based in West Sussex. She spent much of her childhood in the Middle East and South Africa, where she developed a love of wildlife from an early age. She now spends her time researching and writing about all kinds of subjects for children from her home in the country with her dog Mouse and cat Mog.
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Olivia Forster is a zoologist specializing in biodiversity and conservation. She has spent time studying migratory bird and insect behavior and the importance of wildlife corridors in Kenya. She is an ambassador for Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Foundation and is based in the Maldives, where she is working to address the challenges faced by Olive Ridley sea turtles as they migrate.
Editor
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Illustrated by
Terri Po is an illustrator who grew up in Hong Kong, graduated from Edinburgh University and now lives and works in the British countryside. She creates editorial illustrations, infographics and beautiful children's books.
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Content
4 - 5 What Is Migration?
6 - 7 The Need to Feed and Breed
Why do animals migrate?
8 - 9 Searching for Greener Pastures
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA, BOTSWANA
10 - 11 Hungry Herbivores
WILDEBEEST, KENYA AND TANZANIA
12 - 13 Animal Instinct
How animals know to navigate
14 - 15 Home Is Where Your Magnetic Heart Is
OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES, EAST COAST OF INDIA
16 - 17 March of the Crabs
RED CRABS, CHRISTMAS ISLAND
18 - 19 Mom and Dad Know Best
Learning to find their way
20 - 21 In Need of a Helping Hand
NORTHERN BALD IBIS, EUROPE
22 - 23 The Gardeners of Africa
STRAW-COLORED FRUIT BATS, ZAMBIA
24 - 25 Shaping Streams
PACIFIC SALMON, ALASKA
26 - 27 An Underwater Highway
The Cocos-Galápagos swimway
28 - 29 Ready, Set, Go
Travel preparations
30 - 31 A Feast to Last Half the Year
HUMPBACK WHALE, ANTARCTICA
32 - 33 Small but Mighty
Small-scale migrations
34 - 35 Up and Down
KRILL, ANTARCTICA
36 - 37 Better Together
Migration formations
38 - 39 Month by Month
Migratory birds in the U.K.
40 - 41 Birds Know No Borders
Flyways around the world
42 - 43 On the Wing
AMUR FALCONS, CHINA AND SOUTHEAST AFRICA
44 - 45 The Wandering Dragonfly
GLOBE SKIMMERS, INDIA AND EAST AFRICA
46 - 47 Keeping Track
Tagging animals
48 - 49 Thinking Outside the Box
Other ways to study migration
50 - 51 The Great Butterfly Relay
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, NORTH AMERICA
52 - 53 Corridors and Crossings
54 - 55 Springtime Swarms
Karpaz Peninsula, Cyprus
56 - 57 Plants and Seeds
58 - 59 Why Does Migration Matter?
60 - 61 How Are Scientists Helping Migrating Animals?
62 - 63 You Can Help Too!
64 - 65 What does that mean?