Mountain Animals - Hardcover

Rising Moon Editors

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873585739 ISBN 13: 9780873585736

Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc, 1994

Synopsis

Here are a pair of books about endangered creatures and the conditions that threaten their existence. In each book. brief essays introduce 10 animals, from the well-known gray wolf to the Mount Graham red squirrel, from the tiny salt marsh harvest mouse of California to the humpback whale. Turbak adopts a kid friendly tone. Watercolor, ink and colored pencil illustrations endear the animals to young readers.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3?While the full-color illustrations in these titles are beautiful, the texts are simplistic and repetitious and do not sufficiently explain the reasons for the near-extinction of the animals discussed or the reasons why they should be saved. Saying only that bald eagles are endangered because of pesticide poisoning does not begin to tell the full story of the near loss of the species and its almost miraculous recovery in recent times. In Ocean, Turbak writes, "Steller sea lions are endangered because people used to kill them for their fur. Today, they sometimes can't find enough food." Why can't they find food, and do people no longer hunt them? "How you can help" pages suggest that children write to their congressional representatives to ask that these animals be protected, but do not suggest how they will be protected and from what. Two books that are lovely to look at, but lacking in content.?Eva Elisabeth Von Ancken, Trinity Pawling School, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist:

Ages 6-9. Like the first book in the Survivors Series for Children, Ocean Animals in Danger , this title presents 10 endangered animals that live in similar American habitats. Species spotlighted here are the gray wolf, the Mount Graham red squirrel, the eastern cougar, the bald eagle, the Hualapai Mexican vole, the California condor, the woodland caribou, the northern spotted owl, the grizzly bear, and the Point Arena mountain beaver. Short, rather sketchy descriptions of each animal appear along with delicately tinted drawings. On the last page, children are encouraged to help endangered animals by becoming more informed and by writing letters to their representatives in Washington. Mainly for larger libraries. Carolyn Phelan

About this edition

• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0873585739
• ISBN 13: 9780873585736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32