Nights of the Pufflings

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Nights of the Pufflings

• by Carmen Souder

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• Puffins are black and white birds with reddish
  beaks.

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• Millions of puffins return to an island in
  Iceland after a winter at sea. They come to lay
  eggs and raise puffin chicks.

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Lundi is the Icelandic word for-

• clown. island.
• puffin. chick.

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puffin
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• Puffins are referred to as clowns of the sea.

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Tapping their beaks together.

• How do pairs of puffins talk to each other?

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underground

• Where do the puffins build their nest?

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• What was the authors purpose for writing this
  selection?

• To teach people about how the children of
  Iceland help the baby pufflings go to sea for
  the winter.

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• When it is time for Halla and her friends to
  get out their flashlights and boxes for the
  nights of the pufflings, and what does this mean?

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• The pufflings leave their burrows for their
  first flight. Most of the birds splash land in
  the sea below, however some get confused by the
  village lights and crash-land in the village.
  The children rescue the baby birds and take them
  to the beach to set them free at sea.