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On a tiny island off the coast of Iceland, Halla and her friends wait with anticipation. Every spring, millions of puffins, the clowns of the sea, return to nest, lay eggs and raise thier chicks to pufflings. That means Halla and her friends will be busy in August when the pufflings venture out at night to take thier first flight. Then, all the children stay out all night too. During the nights of the pufflings they rescue thousands of stranded young birds and, in the daytime, set them safely free at beach. Bruce McMillan, known for his distinguished science and nature books, journeyed to the top of the world in search of puffins. 220 miles south of the Artic Circle he found them, and captured this unique and endearing story of an island tradition.
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