Chessie, the Travelin' Man - Softcover

Houk, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882728610 ISBN 13: 9781882728619

Publisher: Benefactory

Synopsis

Tom Chapin's warm narrations and original music plunge your child into the world of each animal. The stories come alive with real animal and environmental sounds.Read listen to the true story of an endangered Florida manatee who made an unprecedented trip north to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, where he earned his name "Chessie". Worried that impending cold weather would make him ill, experts captured Chessie and returned him to Florida. The following summer biologists tracked this travelin' man as he swam all the way from Florida to Rhode Island and back again.

About this title

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 3--Chocolate follows the life of a female grizzly bear in Glacier National Park from her birth in a winter den to the birth of her own cub years later. The simple text includes a good deal of general information, as well as detailing the efforts of park rangers to move the fearless Chocolate to a remote area far from hikers and campers. Large, eye-catching watercolors march pleasantly in step with the gentle text. A glossary and a small color photo of the real Chocolate complete the picture. Chessie, told in a rhyming text, presents the saga of a Florida manatee who, in 1994 and 1995, headed north, swimming for more than 1500 miles and ending up near Port Judith, Rhode Island. In `94, Chessie was airlifted home, but in `95 did the round-trip on his own. Many manatee facts are included, as are a map of Chessie's journeys, a glossary, and a small color photo. Large, realistic watercolors provide a watery backdrop for Chessie's "biography." Attractive and approachable titles.

Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY

Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Benefactory
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1882728610
• ISBN 13: 9781882728619
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Barlett Paula