My First Visit To The Aquarium

A class and its teacher visit an aquarium to learn about marine animals, and see in an adjoining terrarium snakes and lizards.

A class and its teacher visit an aquarium where they learn about shellfish, reptiles, dolphins, sharks, and whales.

Using simple text and illustrations, this book describes a child's first visit to an aquarium.

Presented in both English and standard Latin American Spanish, this fictionalized approach to an aquarium visit allows beginning readers to discover for themselves fun facts about aquariums and the animals that live in them. They are introduced to a variety of amazing sea creatures—including colorful fish and playful dolphins. Featuring bright illustrations and a helpful picture glossary, designed to strengthen vocabulary skills, readers will be engaged throughout their reading.

This installment covers books published mainly since 1989. Citations are grouped by subject within sections according to country, from Argentina to Venezuela. The author has rated each entry as to artistic and literary appeal, and provides general grade level, ISBN and price. Appendices include contact data for book dealers in Spanish-speaking countries and the US. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Children visiting a zoo see bears, lions, tigers, zebras, deer, giraffes, and other zoo animals. Includes information about zoos and their functions.

Schoolchildren visiting the aviary at the zoo see and hear about woodpeckers, pigeons, seagulls, ostriches, and other kinds of birds. Includes a section with additional information about the birds' features.

On June 23, 2000, a ship en route from Brazil to China foundered off the coast of South Africa, spilling 1,300 tons of oil into the ocean and contaminating the habitat of 75,000 penguins. Local conservation officials immediately launched a massive rescue operation, and 12,500 volunteers from around the globe rushed to South Africa in hopes of saving the imperiled birds. Serving as a rehabilitation manager during the initial phase of the three-month effort, Dyan deNapoli--better known as "the Penguin Lady" for her extensive work with penguins--and fellow volunteers de-oiled, nursed back to health, and released into the wild nearly all of the over 19,000 affected birds. Now, at the tenth anniversary of the disaster, deNapoli recounts the extraordinary story of the world's largest and most successful wildlife rescue--From publisher description.