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Books for Children and Young People
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Sea Searcher's Handbook : Activities from the Monterey Bay Aquarium
by Pam Armstrong (Editor), Monterey Bay Aquarium
Reading level: Ages 9-12 - Paperback (December 1996) - Price Range: UNDER $15
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From the Monterey Bay Aquarium:
Kid-tested activities, background pages, caption cards, and suggestions for hands-on projects for preschoolers to high school students. 400 b&w illus., 20 maps.
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Dolphin Named Bob
by Twig C. George, Christine Herman Merrill (Photographer), Christine Herman (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12 - Hardcover - 64 pages (February 1996) - Price Range: UNDER $15
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A fictional account about Bob the baby dolphin who lives at the aquarium. Set aside from his fellow dolphins by a comet-like mark on his dorsal fin, Bob enjoys the game-playing and high-jumping of his aquarium home, until he lands in trouble, in a story based upon true dolphin. Plenty of facts about dolphins are delivered in an easy-to-read format.
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Dolphin's First Day : The Story of a Bottlenose Dolphin
(Smithsonian Oceanic Collection)
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Steven James Petruccio (Illustrator)
Hardcover - 32 pages Book & Cassette edition (December 1997) - Price Range: UNDER $15
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The first day in the life of a baby dolphin. Includes book and cassette tape. From the Smithsonian Oceanic Collection!
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
YOUNG READERS/fiction - Price Range: UNDER $5
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Inspired by the real-life story of a 12-year-old American Indian girl, Karana. The author based his book on the life of this remarkable young woman who, during the evacuation of Ghalas-at (an island off the coast of California), jumped ship to stay with
her young brother who had been abandoned on the island. He died shortly thereafter, and Karana
fended for herself on the island for 18 years.
The Children's Literature Association named this riveting story one of the 10 best American children's books of the past 200 years.
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The Music of Dolphins
by Karen Hesse
Reading level: Ages 9-12 -
Paperback Reprint edition (February 1998) - Price Range: UNDER $5
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After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.
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Discovering Whales and Dolphins
(Learn-About Books)
by Janet Craig, Pamela Johnson (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12 - Paperback - 32 pages (January 1990) - Price Range: UNDER $3
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'This is a very readable, very interesting, and very comprehensive book written on a child's level.' Introdution to the characteristics and behavior of whales and dolphins.
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How to Speak Dolphin in Three Easy Lessons
(Zack Files)
by Dan Greenburg, Jack E. Davis (Illustrator), Dan Greenberg
Reading level: Ages 9-12 - Paperback - 59 pages (October 1997) - Price Range:UNDER $5
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When Zack is given the chance to swim the dolphins on a trip to Florida, he dives right in. But before long, Zack is surprised to find that the dolphins are trying to tell him something--and even more surprised that he can understand and talk to them.
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