What If There Were No Lemmings?
A Book About the Tundra Ecosystem

The text explains that lemmings are a keystone species, and if they were to disappear from the ecosystem, many other animals’ numbers would suffer. Lemmings explains the concepts of a food web and gives a few basic suggestions on steps young readers can take to reduce climate change. This could be a......more

This is a great book with wonderful illustrations like the rest of the books in the "What if there were no" series. I did not know there was such an animal as a lemming, so children most likely wouldn't know of them either. That would make this book a wonderful way for the children to learn about th......more

This book talked about how lemmings are a keystone species and how if lemmings were extinct many species living in the tundra will suffer as well. There were graphics explaining the food chain and food webs. The pictures were well done and by blacking some of the animals out, the reader is able to s......more

Very educational book. I thought it was very interesting because I do not know much about lemmings at all so it was very interesting to find out where they live and how much they affect other animals. There are many animals in the world that would have trouble finding food if something happened to t......more

This book has a lot of great facts about lemmings. I didn't know a lot about them before reading the book! I love how they blacken out the animals that wouldn't be there without the lemmings. This book would be great when teaching kids about the Tundra.......more