Turner, Pamela S. The Dolphins of Shark Bay, 80 p. Houghton
Mifflin, 2013. $19. Content: G.
Twenty-five years ago, the dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, were
pampered tourist attractions who wouldn’t fend for themselves, and were
neglecting their babies in preference of tourist handouts and attention. When Janet Mann arrived on the scene, she
knew changes needed to be made or the dolphins would die out. She, her team, and governments on several
levels have managed to create a refuge for the dolphins, where they can still
be easily seen by visitors, but where their personal interactions are more
natural. This has given Mann and other
researchers a perfect place to study dolphins in depth, opening up the world to
this handsome, friendly, intelligent creatures.
I still have never read a Scientists in the Field book that I haven’t
loved. Each topic is carefully
researched and the authors have skillfully related the information in a
kid-friendly, but intelligent, fact-filled manner. Instead of dwelling on scientists who have
been dead forever, get this series and introduce your students to people who
are still alive and doing amazing things!
EL, MS – ESSENTIAL. Cindy,
Library Teacher
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