| Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival Contributor(s): Coleman, Janet Wyman (Author), Nascimbene, Yan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0544932617 ISBN-13: 9780544932616 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Marine Life - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Disasters - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Animal Welfare |
| Dewey: 599.530 |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 10.7" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Real Life Heroes - Topical - Inspiration - Seasonal - Summer - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Locality - Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS - Event - Summer |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 159823 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina crashed a forty-foot tidal wave over the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi. The dolphin house was demolished, and its inhabitants swept from their tank into the Gulf of Mexico. After growing up in captivity, how could the eight bottlenose dolphins feed and protect themselves in the wild? And if they could survive, would their trainers ever see them again? This fascinating picture book--enriched with both beautiful color-wash illustrations and photographs taken by the trainers themselves--tells this dramatic, happy-ending story. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nascimbene, Yan: - Half-French, half-Italian, the late Yan Nascimbeneshared his childhood between these two countries. After working as a photographer's assistant in a Paris fashion studio, Nascimbene studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the University of California at Davis. Nascimbene's illustrations have appeared in numerous publications worldwide, including Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, the New Yorker, Boston Globe, Toronto Life, ScientificAmerican, Atlantic Monthly, Hemispheres, etc. His commercial clients include Air France, British Airways, Continental Airlines, IBM, Apple, Macy's, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Bank of America, United Way, Estée Lauder, Manpower, and more. Nascimbene also illustrated Houghton's Hachiko by Pamela Turner and The Beautiful Christmas Tree by Charlotte ZolotowColeman, Janet Wyman: - Janet is a talented nonfiction children's author. Her book, Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage (Abrams, 2006), was a 2007 ALA Best Books for Young Adults nominee, recipient of the National Parenting Publications 2006 gold award, and Scholastic book fairs took about 60,000 copies of the book. Her other recent non-fiction titles include Baseball for Everyone: Stories from the Great Game (Abrams, 2003), a Publishers Weekly Best Non-fiction Books of 2003 selection, and Famous Bears and Friends (Dutton, 2002). She is the proud mother of two grown sons and lives in Wayland, Massachusetts. |