62. Supernavigators: announcing a new version for children

SUPERNAVIGATORS: HOW ANIMALS FIND THEIR WAY

I am delighted to announce that a new version of SUPERNAVIGATORS aimed at young readers is to be published in the USA by Tra Publishing in March 2025.

It has been brilliantly adapted from my original text by Rebecca Stefoff and is beautifully illustrated by Qu Lang. I know from all the public talks I have given that animal navigation is a subject that fascinates children just as much as adults and I look forward very much to holding a copy in my own hands!

Here’s what the publishers say:

A children's adaptation of David Barrie's award-winning Supernavigators, this wonderful exploration of nature spotlights over a dozen animals and explores how they get to places.

How do animals find their way, whether it is as simple as a bird leaving its nest to find food, or as complex as a humpback whale following an arrow-straight course while it crosses an entire ocean? How does an Arctic tern travel 56,000 miles a year without getting lost? 

We know some things about how animals accomplish these remarkable feats of navigation. Monarch butterflies travel from Canada to Mexico by orienting to the sun. It's the light from the Milky Way that steers dung beetles. Then, there are animals like moths and sea turtles that are guided by Earth's magnetic field. In these pages, young readers learn about the amazing navigational capabilities of animals and recent discoveries that allow us to understand much more about these abilities, although fascinating mysteries remain.

This Nautilus Award-winning book, created with animal behaviorists, delves into the latest findings on animal intelligence in a whole new way.