Jennifer Keats Curtis

Follow the rescue of orphaned polar bear Kali (pronounced Cully) from the Inupiat village of Kali (Point Lay in English) to the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage to his new home at the Buffalo Zoo in New York with Luna, a female polar bear. This photographic journey beautifully captures the remarkable development of the cub, who initially drinks from a baby bottle, sucks his paw for comfort, and sleeps with a “blankie” as he rapidly grows into the largest land carnivore on earth.

Kali's Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue

Mary Alice Monroe

Janet Ruth Heller

Karen Lee

Mary M Monroe

John Mcgranaghan

Loran Wlodarski

In only a few short years, Sylvan Dell Publishing has earned accolades from magazines and associations nationwide. Enjoy 11 of Sylvan Dell's most decorated titles with this Award Winners & Finalists Set, which includes NAPPA Award Winners, a Children's Choices Award Winner, and Teacher Choice Award Recipients. The set consists of Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!, Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean, How the Moon Regained Her Shape, If a Dolphin Were a Fish, Tudley Didn't Know, Happy Birthday to Whooo?, One Odd Day, My Even Day, ABC Safari, Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter, and The Rainforest Grew All Around. All books feature a 3-5 page “For Creative Minds” educational section and additional Free Online Educator Resources: 30-80 pages of cross-curricular Teaching Activities, Interactive Reading Comprehension & Math Quizzes, Audio Books, and Learning Links.

Award Winners: Gold

Dr. Brady Barr

Alexa and the other children at her escuela in Costa Rica have a special project: they are raising American Crocodiles. She names her croc Jefe, which means "boss," because he seems to be in charge of all the other babies. Alexa brings him chicken and frogs to eat, and writes about his progress in her diary. Soon, her little hatchling is as big as a loaf of bread. He has grown into a juvenile and it is time for Alexa to say goodbye and for Jefe to return to the wild.

Alexa's Diary

After A While Crocodile: Alexa's Diary

What if you found a baby owl in your backyard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson from a little lost owl in Baby Owl's Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis. The brother and sister pair just wanted to play baseball one day. They never expected to come face-to-face with a wild animal! Lush illustrations by Laura Jacques accompany this story and demonstrate the proper treatment of wildlife. This story reminds all of us that we live in a world surrounded by wild animals, and those wild animals deserve our caution and our respect!

Baby Owl's Rescue

When a mother diamondback terrapin lays eggs in Maggie's sandbox, Maggie becomes a "turtle-sitter" to help the babies safely hatch and in the process she learns about these unique animals and their struggle for survival.

Turtles In My Sandbox

John G. Gomes

"Cuando un hombre de la aldea de Point Lay, Alaska encontro un cachorro de oso polar de tres meses, sabia que el huerfanito necesitaba ayuda para sobrevivir. Unete a Kali (pronunciado Culy) en un viaje fotografico mientras encuentra su camino hacia el Zoologico de Alaska y luego a su casa permanente en el Zoologico de Buffalo. En el camino, los ayudantes de animales lo alimentaron, jugaron y cuidaron de el, igual como su madre lo habria hecho"--

Kali's Story: an Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue

When a mother diamondback terrapin lays eggs in a young girl's sandbox, the girl becomes a "turtle-sitter" to help the babies safely hatch and in the process she learns about these unique animals and their struggle for survival.

Turtles in My Sandbox

Where else could you stay dry while visiting aquatic animals from around the world? Only in an aquarium can you visit and learn about all these different local and exotic animals. Aquarium staff care for and teach about these animals, as well as work to conserve and protect threatened and endangered species. Follow this behind-the-scenes photographic journal as it leads you into the wondrous world of aquariums and the animal helpers who work there.

Animal Helpers: Aquariums

Osprey Adventure describes the heroics of a boy and his biologist father who save a young osprey from certain death. Young Pete is concerned when he spies a trash bag in an osprey nest. He and his dad boat around the bird's channel marker and learn that, not only does the raptor's home contain trash, but one of the fish hawks has become tangled in fishing line and is gravely ill. This story is based on the work of a real hero, Pete McGowan, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Chesapeake Bay Field Office biologist, who has studied osprey for years. He believes that half or more of all osprey nests on the bay and surrounding rivers contain fishing lines, or similar cordage material. This story describes a big problem among these well-known birds of prey. Happily, ospreys are making a comeback after being nearly eradicated by pesticides in the 1970s, but fishing line and balloon ribbon have become serious threats to the well-being of chicks and adults. Early reader-ages 5-8.

Jennifer Keats Curtis

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