A wonderful, educational book with gorgeous zebra photos. Chock full of fascinating facts, here is a true story about a beautiful animal species that mysteriously disappears periodically. Find out why in this surprising story. The layout is well-done, with text enhancing the telling photos, While written for children, adults will marvel as well. Five stars.

This is a really informative book about Zebras for children. Literally anything you would ever want to know about Zebra's is in this book. We found it helpful for my daughter's school project on Zebras-it had way more info than we needed! I would recommend this for an elementary school library or classroom.

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This well written short documentary on zebras has beautiful photographs, diagrams and maps, in addition to factual information.
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Another of Markle’s engaging books on wildlife, this time focusing on zebras in Namibia and their unusual migration pattern away from and back to the Chobe River. The narrative describes zebras and the scientists who studied them for this project, so it works both for general reports on zebras as well as what a scientist does. Full color photos on every page are both useful and will attract readers; the captions add helpful information. The book design is also an asset, using various colored backgrounds, boxes around the text areas, and zebra skin as borders. Two maps, zebra facts, a glossary, bibliography, source notes, and index fill out this superior book for a wide age range. The author’s previous books include The Great Penguin Rescue (2018) and The Great Rhino Rescue (2019).

This was an interesting science investigating book that explored why zebras from the Chobe River floodplains would disappear for several months from their well-watered haven and not be seen until months later. And what makes it even more impressive is the fact that this is one of those modern mysteries in the Age of Science where diehard fans of science act like science has all the answers mostly explained.

The writing was very simple and presented in easy-to-read paragraphs while there were little bubble boxes, which included even more information about zebras, their environment and some other trivia such as about buffalo. If you read the whole page it could be a bit repetitive in some regards but came out in the end to be a well-rounded book. And there are even right on the same page pronunciation of place names that may be tricky for non-natives, which I completely love!

The background switched between pages of solid color and some pages that had zebra stripes. This along with the gorgeous brightly colored photographs made for a charming book. There were even a few zebras I wish I could get to know better such as one whose rump had some very black but very broad bands compared to others and one who had almost no black in its mane so its mane looked whiter than those around it. As the author mentioned zebras are very individualistic animals.

Another thing that made me wonder was the map that was presented of the migrating zebras for there was one that seemed like instead of going in a straight line she was having fun meandering all over the map although it wasn't quite sure whether it was southward or northward. And since they weren't following them besides by radio collar and satellite I am not sure if they have an explanation for that mare.

All in all this is a charming book and a good one to include for science curriculums, classes or animals lovers as you get to learn more about these fascinating animals including a bonus page of zebra trivia in the back. It is well written books like this that not only provides factual information but gets me excited to relearn about one of my favorite subjects.

***I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review***

How can a herd of 2,000 zebras disappear annually without anyone seeing where they are going? Researcher Robin Naidoo set out to solve this mystery. Not only did he find where they disappeared to, but also why they disappeared. This book has an intriguing story. It also provides readers with an informative background on zebras and the South African Plains to allow us to fully understand the zebras motivations to migrate.

This is certainly an interesting bit of information. I'd never really considered the migration of zebras before. I didn't know there had been a mystery about where this group went. And therein lies my hesitation. Is this a subject that will interest any but the most enthusiastic animal lovers? If you're not into zebras, it does serve as a quick introduction to Savannah migration and the method and challenges for tracking animal populations.

Every year, a herd of more than 2,000 plains zebras disappear from their grazing spot by the Chobe River and reappear after a few months. This spot always has water and food for them, but still they vanish and go elsewhere. Where do they go? Pick up this book and find out the fascinating story of the longest overland large mammal migration in Africa! Awesome photos accompany straightforward text, making it an engaging read. More fascinating zebra facts are included in small sidebars for the younger student researchers!

Follow Those Zebras: Solving a Migration Mystery by Sandra Markle is currently scheduled for release on April 7 2020. Every year in Namibia, about two thousand zebras suddenly disappear from their grazing area along the Chobe River. Months later, the herd returns. Where do they go? And why? Thanks to satellite-tracking collars, scientists were able to solve the mystery, but several questions remain. Award-winning science author Sandra Markle reveals the process scientists used to study the zebras, and she also delves into the science of migration, exploring how animals know where to go, how to get there, and when to leave.

Follow Those Zebras is well written and researched. I liked that the photographs, maps, and small bubbles of additional facts broke up the pages, putting the information in accessible blocks for younger or more distractible readers. I still find it fascinating that no one knew were the herd was going, you would think that many zebra moving year after year would have garnered more attention then people just wondering where they went. With the way people have taken over so much land I would have thought someone would have tracked their movements by now. I loved learning about the methodology of how they managed to track the zebras and what they learned. I also really liked that the scientists did not stop there, having their initial questions answered. Instead they looked further to see the whys behind the migration, and how people and climate change could impact the future of the zebras, and are working to help them survive in a changing environment. I thought that the additional zebra facts, references, resources for further reading, and glossary are important touches as well, and always make my day when they are included.

Follow Those Zebras is another fascinated nonfiction book about animals from Markle. It would be a great addition to school and classroom libraries.

Follow those Zebras by Sandra Markle. This book was very interesting I was fascinated on how far zebras really travel. I never realized they could go the distance that they can go. I think if a eight to 12 year old is interested in reading about zebras 🦓 they would enjoy the book.

I really enjoyed this book, showing how animal researchers solved the mystery of how a herd of 2000 zebras seemed to disappear every year for months before reappearing again. It was interesting learning how the researchers were able to solve the mystery, and also figure out why the zebras went where they did, which led to lands being set aside as parks and preserves, and other things like wells to insure they had enough water being put into place to make sure they could continue their migration pattern. I learned some interesting things about zebras I didn't know before- did you know zebras have tiny, swirling air currents around their bodies? It's because the black areas absorb more heat than the white areas, and the temperature difference is just enough to create tiny breezes! Zebras are wind mages! I think kids interested in animals and nature would enjoy this book.

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Author studies migration of group of zebras in Africa.
How they find their way, go so far and return back next year, to repeat the process.
With excellent pictures she describes how scientists are deciphering this mystery.
It gives insights into animal migration and effect of human Interventions upon it.
A very Interesting and fast read.
Thanks netgalley and publisher for review copy.

This book explores the mystery of why zebras migrate the way they do, moving a far distance for water even when water is available. They simply vanished and then months later reappeared. We learn how scientists studied this mystery, how they gathered data, formed conclusions, sent their results to a journal, revised their work, and later had this work accepted for publication. Loaded with information, fascinating illustrations and maps, this is an inviting look at how scientists work to learn more about animals. Wonderful for teachers organizing studies of animals and scientific research and for anyone interested in animals. Well written and illustrated.

Follow Those Zebras by Sandra Markle is a fun book that solves the mystery of a giant herd of zebras disappearing from their grazing spot every year. This book is interesting to both children and adults. It includes many facts about zebras that are not common knowledge so it has something to learn for everyone. The pictures are well chosen to accompany the narration. This is a great book to encourage interest in the natural world. It also includes a glossary, more fun facts, and further reading material in the back.

This book was definitely a worthy read. I mean who's doesn't love a zebra - and here's a British joke: who doesn't appreciate a zebra crossing?! This is about Zebras crossing scores of miles of terrain (when they're allowed to with farm fences not getting in their way). A herd (sometimes known as a zeal of zebras!) of some 2,000 animals, would disappear periodically and return just as seemingly magically.

No one knew where they went or why, so they fitted collars to some o the mares (who fight less, of course, than the stallions do, so they're much less likely to damage a collar) to track them by satellite. They made some interesting discoveries, and in the light of climate change, a scary discovery, too.

The book for me was a bit too prolix. The 44 pages could have been cut by maybe a quarter and still presented a solid and educational book, but I'm not going to bring it down because it had a few extra pages of zebra pictures, including some young 'guns. The story it told was very educational: scientistic and informative, and it handsomely explained what was happening, so I commend this one as a worthy read.

I don’t read nonfiction near as often as I should. But in an effort to change that and learn a little bit more about the world around me, I decided to read Follow Those Zebras. Plus, there is a mystery to it which makes it feel a little like the mystery/thriller genre I enjoy reading.

The premise for the book is that 2,000 zebras disappear each year from the southern parts of Africa – Namibia and Botswana – and nobody knows where they go. Thanks to GPS they are able to track certain members of this herd to figure out this mystery.

Follow Those Zebras opens with telling us about the mystery, but before it takes us to how it solves it the reader gets introduced to a lot of terrific information about zebras, African terrain, and wet and dry seasons. I can see this book definitely being used for a book report of some kind because there is information of all sorts along with pictures that bring zebras and the other animals mentioned (e.g. African buffaloes).

This book is perfect for libraries, but also for kids who are interested in wildlife, Chobe River, savannas, how modern technology solves mysteries or just zebras in general. I

Rating: 4 stars

This is a really interesting informative book that I would definitely use in my classroom. The pictures were gorgeous!

This is an interesting true story of the disappearing herd of zebras in southern Africa and how they tracked them down.

I think it is a bit too slow and long for a children's book, because some - especially younger - children could lose interest. I would simplify some parts of the story and make it shorter. Maybe older children (at least 12) would be more interested in this.

Otherwise, I like the story and fast facts about zebras that the author included at the end. There are many amazing photographs included. In general, I like it.