North and south : a tale of two hemispheres / written and illustrated by Sandra Morris.

Includes index.

A habitat for each animal in North and South: A Tale of Two Hemispheres is indicated alongside each animal's name, as well as on a mini map, to illustrate that animal's traits and behaviors in that hemisphere at a particlar time of year. These animals may also live in many other places around the globe, and they may migrate across other habitats throughout the year.

Introduction -- The seasons -- January : cunning camouflage. Scottish ptarmigan and mountain hare -- Green tree python -- February : extreme environments. Japanese macaque -- Lesser flamingo -- March : mothers and babies. Polar bear -- Saltwater crocodile -- April : building a home. American beaver -- Hoatzin -- May : showing off. Blue-footed booby -- Lyfebird -- June : armored animals. Stag beetle -- Leatherback turtle -- July : on the hunt. Grizzly bear -- Eastern quall -- August : feisty fathers. Caribou -- Brown kiwi -- September : a numbers game. Portuguese man-of-war -- Springbok -- October : migration. Monarch buttferfly -- Bar-tailed godwit -- November : save it for later. Hazel dormouse -- Honeypot ant -- December : the search for food. Snow leopard -- African elephant -- Glossary.

In January in the Scottish Highlands, a mountain hare is camouflaged from predators in its white winter coat, while in New Guinea, a bright-green tree python guards her eggs. Come March, a warm Arctic spring lures polar bears out from their den, while in Australia, newly hatched crocodiles go for their first swim inside their mothers jaws. When autumn comes to the north, monarch butterflies start migrating south, just as bar-tailed godwits set off from New Zealand to their breeding grounds on the Alaskan tundra. In a remarkable exploration of animals lives, Sandra Morriss informative text and beautiful illustrations take readers through the months of the year in both the northern and southern parts of the globe, with an eye to how various species adapt to the changing seasons. Extensive end matter offers further descriptive facts about some twenty-five featured animals. Get a fascinating global view of how the animal world adapts to the seasons with this simultaneous look at both Northern and Southern Hemispheres.