Theme: animal protection

Kakapo Rescue

On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. These trusting, flightless, and beautiful birds—the largest and most unusual parrots on earth—have suffered devastating population loss.  Now, on an island refuge with the last of the species, New Zealand’s National Kakapo Recovery Team is working [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), New Zealand, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment

Ransom for a River Dolphin

Finding a seriously hurt dolphin in the Amazon near her small Colombian village and suspecting her stepfather of having wounded it, Carmenza nurses it back to health and turns to the wise old Indian Omar to appease its spirit.

Descriptors: Colombia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment