Manatee Winter

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

This bountiful series introduces young readers to a myriad of animals who inhabit the earth's wet wonderlands.
-- A Parents' Choice Approval for 19 title book and tape series.
-- Each book includes an informative note and glossary full of fascinating facts confirmed by the Smithsonian Institution curators.
-- Read-along cassettes incorporate authentic sea sounds, such as real-life recordings of dolphins and whales.
-- Toys authenticated by Smithsonian Institution curators for realism.Two gentle giants must swim up a Florida river to escape the chill of winter. Along the way, Little Calf dives deep -- and gets tangled in a clump of water-weeds. Can his mother save him?

Genres: Animals, Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction, Science, Nature

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 2002

About the author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?, a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award winner.

When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils for her local natural history museums.

Reviews

[karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

this comes with a stuffed manatee! what could be better??? sweethearts of the ocean....

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations in this book are very nice - warm and realistic enough.
The book itself is good as an introduction to manatees but nothing especially detailed. The story is fairly sparse but, again, enough to give the reader an overview of a snippit of manatee life.

[Grace]

I really enjoyed this book because of its trying to bring attention to not only the endangered species of manatees but also the hazards of boating in areas where they remain. It’s a sweet story about a mother and her baby trying to stay warm during the winter. I think kids would really enjoy this book.

[Nicholas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story was really good. The illustration of the book and really consistence to the story line. I would defiantly recommend it to be in the classroom. It is kind like Finding Nemo the movie but with manatee's.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

1994 - Trade - second-hand

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a Smithsonian Oceanic Collection book... it is a beautiful book that is written on a child's level to help explain how a Manatee lives and how they have to migrate to warmer waters when it gets cold. The illustrations although beautiful were a bit dull as almost each page was the same so my 2 year old granddaughter although listening to the story was bored with actually looking at the book. Each page was very similar to the previous one. As an adult I knew how to appreciate the ocean scenes. In the back of this book there is a glossary and points of interests in the book so it opens up a discussion for a child(ren) to lean more about the book.

[Cana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mommy says: Well written and easy-to-comprehend story of a baby manatee's first winter and his journey from Gulf of Mexico waters to warm water springs in Florida. My kids (3 & 5) were so interested in this that we are planning a future trip to Crystal Springs or some such place to see manatees in the winter.

[Margaret Chind · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my own childhood I had a Soundprints Smithsonian book on raccoons. So when I knew we'd talk about manatees this year and found this one at the used bookstore I had to get it and I'm glad I did. This is a story about a manatee mother and her young calf. Through out the story lots of facts and details and presented and make this a living educational book.

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book about how Manatee's survive in the winter. The book describes how Manatee's are almost extinct and how they are now protected. You will learn how Manatee's look for warmer waters to live in during the winter months.

[midnightfaerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Manatees are my favorite animal. I have lots of stuffed manatees. So my kids love reading this with me. It talks about their migrational patterns as well, so it's also educational. We love this book.

[Rivkah · Rating 4 out of 5]

the story was very sweet and the illistrations were splended.

[Ladonna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the facts about what a manatee does during the winter. The illustration is very plain. It may be hard to keep the interest if smaller children

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always enjoyed this story! I unfortunately do not have the plush anymore!

[Kest Schwartzman · Rating 2 out of 5]

pictures are cute, but I can not imagine the story holding the attention of a child