Saving the Alligators

Gavin McNally’s Year Off #3

by Emma Bland Smith, Mirelle Ortega (Illustrations)

The McNallys are visiting the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on the border of Georgia and Florida. On a swamp tour, Gavin captures two people capturing baby alligators on video. He and his father set off in kayaks to investigate. Can they notify officials about the poachers and save the alligators? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

48 pages, ebook

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

Emma Bland Smith is the award-winning author of twelve book for children. Her debut picture book was Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West. Many of Emma’s books include animals—wolves, dogs, pigs, even alligators! Emma is a librarian and author and lives in San Francisco with her husband, two kids, dog, and cat—but no wolf, pig, or alligator. Visit her online at emmabsmith.com and on Twitter at @emmablandsmith.