The Great Monkey Rescue
Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins
Published on 1. August 2015
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-4677-8030-8 (ISBN)
Description
When deforestation put golden lion tamarins close to extinction, scientists took action. This suspenseful success story required breeding tamarins in zoos, reintroducing them to the wild, and planting a tree "bridge" to expand their habitat.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Sixth Grade, Reading Age: From 10 to 11 years, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
Glossary; Index; Maps; Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 257 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4677-8030-8 (9781467780308)
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E-Book
08/2017
Lerner Publishing Group
€14.49
Available for download
E-Book
08/2015
The Millbrook Press Inc
€62.49
Available for download
Person
Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children's Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist.
More than 500 schools participate in Markle's Book Explorers program which provides free resource-packed emails and classroom activities. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.
More than 500 schools participate in Markle's Book Explorers program which provides free resource-packed emails and classroom activities. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.