Seababy

Format:

Book

Title:

Seababy

Author:

Levine, Ellen.

ISBN:

9780802798084

9780802798091

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Summary:

A baby sea otter, separated from his mother by a storm, is rescued by a human who takes him to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to recover and learn how to take care of himself.

Corporate Subject:

Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Monterey Bay Aquarium. (OCoLC)fst00652758

Subject(s):

Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Otters -- Fiction.

Wildlife rescue -- Fiction.

Sea otter -- Fiction.

Animals -- Infancy -- Fiction.

Monterey (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Monterey (Calif.) -- Fiction.

California -- Monterey.

Genre:

Fiction.

Added Author:

Van Zyle, Jon.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
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After a baby sea otter is separated from his mother during a storm, he washes up on shore where he is rescued by a human who takes him to an aquarium to recover. There he learns everything he needs to know about surviving in the wild, like how to dive to the bottom of a pool to find clams and how to break them open to eat. Before long the little otter can take care of himself and it's time to return home. He remembers the smell of the ocean he once knew, and soon finds himself surrounded by a new group of otter friends.

Author Notes

Ellen Levine was born in New York City on March 9, 1939. She received a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a law degree from New York University School of Law. She was an attorney for a public-interest law group, a documentary filmmaker, and taught courses in writing for children and young adults in Vermont College's MFA program.

She wrote numerous books for children and young adults during her lifetime including Darkness Over Denmark, I Hate English, Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Stories, Rachel Carson: A Twentieth-Century Life, and Henry's Freedom Box. She died from lung cancer on May 26, 2012 at the age of 73.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

When a baby otter is separated from his mother on a stormy day and washes ashore, rescuers take him to an aquarium, where he lives in a pool with "his new mom." Following her example, he learns to search for food at the bottom of the pool and to break open shells on rocks. Finally, he is ready to go back to the wild. "That night, surrounded by new friends, he wrapped himself in seaweed and went to sleep. And so the little otter returned home to the rolling sea." Van Zyle sets the furry, expressive otter against a light-infused, impressionistic landscape as he adapts to his changing surroundings. Both text and illustrations strike a graceful balance between naturalism and anthropomorphism. Ages 4-8. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

(Picture book. 4-8)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

A storm separates a baby sea otter from his nurturing mother and strands him on a sandy beach. Rescued, he is taken to an aquarium, where someone feeds him from a bottle. When he's a little older, a sea otter surrogate mom adopts him, teaching him how to dive for food in their salt-water pool and how to open shellfish. Finally, he is released into the ocean, where he joins a group of sea otters and feels at home once more. Double-page acrylic paintings beautifully depict the otters and their watery habitats. Levine, whose books include Darkness over Denmark (2000) and Henry's Freedom Box (2007), tells the story clearly, in short sentences that read aloud well. An author's note describes the Monterey Bay Aquarium's program for rescuing sea otter pups, and lists of books and websites are appended as well. An appealing choice for children intrigued by animal-rescue stories.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist