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Illustrations with brief rhyming text introduces the world of the gentle manatee, or sea cow. On board pages. ... Read more

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This volatile, emotional issue, inherent to Southwest Florida, crosses several fields of study. To create this case study, faculty and graduate students from International College (Naples, Florida), with the help of a local Ft. Myers News-Press reporter, researched this expansive issue involving many organizations and businesses. This controversial topic encompassed all of Florida, but affected Southwest Florida tremendously. Due to the controversial nature of the issue and its effect on one community in particular, the authors decided to concentrate the case research on the City of Cape Coral and the local dock building industry. This study presents and analyzes the issue from differing sides. Key players include: Cape Coral Construction Industry Association, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Marine Contractors Association, Florida Marine Industry, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Save the Manatee Club. The case study is excellent for the classroom as it is an ongoing issue with a multitude of research opportunities.

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Discusses the appearance and behavior of the manatee and examines its relationship with humans. ... Read more

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Coherent, interesting, and amazing
I first recieved a copy of this book as a child, and enjoy going back to read it even now. The text is accesible to children, but written in such a way that it also appeals to adults. The book is informational without being dry. Instead, it offers a lively and interesting glimpse into the world of marine life that all ages will enjoy. Every book in Jean H. Sibbald's series is written with the same informational and passionate approach, and each book contains high quality photos that add faces to the names of the animals children learn about. I highly reccomend her books to anyone looking for an introduction to marine animals, they are perfect for a night in and offer a great opportunity to read to children! ... Read more

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Examines the life of the gentle, endangered sea creature, whose unusual appearance has inspired sailors' tales of mermaids and water nymphs over the centuries. ... Read more

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This book is a good source for younger readers
This book is a good source for young readers to learn about the wondrous creatures that are manatees.The book is extrememly informative, and the illustrations far surpass any other I have ever seen.As anenviromentalist, I strongly reccommend encouraging any and all children youknow to read this and other books about manatees, their endangerment, andprotection efforts. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Juaquinito, A Manatee Hero is a thought-provoking and adventurous children's story. In a quest for food, a family of manatees find themselves traveling a long way from home. A series of life changing events happen along this journey, turning an ordinary manatee into a hero. The importance of survival, family, love of community and concern for others is all wrapped into one compelling story. ... Read more

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Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of three of the world's largest freshwater mammals: the hippopotamus, manatee, and river dolphin, and discusses some of the factors that threaten their survival. ... Read more

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Explore the fascinating world of the manatee and learn what you can do to keep this gentle giant of the rivers and sea from vanishing from our planet forever.

The Crown Publishing Group has made a contribution to the Save the Manatee Club, adopting manatees for each member of its sales force. ... Read more

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excellent
Loaded with many excellent pictures and lots of information. The best manatee book I have ever found. ... Read more

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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and history of these marine mammals, an endangered species, and discusses attempts being made to effect their survival. ... Read more

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Publisher: [London, Zoological Society of LondonPublication date: 1872Subjects: ManateesMammalsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Information about the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the manatee is woven into a story. ... Read more

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Manatee-Sea Cow ,Gentle Giant of the Sea
A great read-a-loud about a young girl who wanted to be a mermaid...abeautiful creature that is half woman and half fish.Living in the sea,swimming, taking rides on dolphins and having tea parties with tropicalfish. Her brother tells her that his science teacher told his class thatthe legend is based on a marine mammal called a manatee which looks sort oflike a walrus. We learn all sorts of interesting information about thismammal in story form with photographs and colored drawings.It is wellwritten.It is humorous and tender.The Manatees are an endangeredspecies and are protected.They are a distant cousin to the elephant.Iloved the way the information is presented. It really keeps your interest.A great book to have for the study of Sea life. It has a Glossary ofvocabulary words in the back with the pages the words arefound on.It alsohas adult-child interaction questions to help young readers to be able todiscuss the book. Manatees are very friendly, lovable creatures that rubnoses with each other and snuggle together. ... Read more

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"I Can Read About" Books explore the world around us, from the mysteries of space to the wonders of undersea life, and everything in between.With colorful illustrations and clear text, "I Can Read About" books makes reading an eye-opening adventure. ... Read more

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Provides an introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, various types, life cycle, and habitat of manatees, endangered marine animals that can live up to sixty years. ... Read more

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The Saving of Sly Manatee Sly, a baby manatee, has lethis appetite get the better of him.In search of hyacinths, hisfavorite snack, Sly has ventured to shallow water, where a collapseddock now blocks his way home.Coming to his rescue is Buster, a boywho lives on the lagoon, and Buster's friend, Rob.Everyone ispulling for Sly's rescue!

Buster's third adventure imparts strong messages about the endangeredmanatee and what we can do to protect these creatures.Imaginativetale-telling, a complete glossary and an appendix with moreinformation make this book a great way to teach children (and adults!)about animals and the environment. ... Read more