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Return of the Sea Otter: The story of a resilient species and its many human friends

September 29, 2019June 29, 2018 by John Yunker

The sea otter should have been extinct by now. We, as in human civilization, did our very best to eliminate the species — not because we saw it as a …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Sasquatch Press

Book Review: Back from the Brink by Nancy F. Castaldo

May 18, 2018 by Heather Taft

Back from the Brink, by Nancy F. Castaldo, is a collection of stories for older kids (10 – 12 years old) about animals that have come very close to extinction. …

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Categories Book Reviews, Children's Books, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction

An interview with NO WORD FOR WILDERNESS author Roger Thompson

September 29, 2019May 3, 2018 by Midge Raymond

If you were asked where the rarest bears on earth lived, would your first guess be an hour’s drive outside of Rome? That wasn’t our first guess, either — but …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Ashland Creek Press, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species

Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 by John Yunker

In Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon author Michael Engelhard has crafted a richly illustrated, authoritative and eye-opening testament to our evolving and often tragic relationship with the polar …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans

Q&A with Mindy Mejia, author of The Dragon Keeper

June 8, 2013April 11, 2013 by Midge Raymond

Q&A with Mindy Mejia, author of The Dragon Keeper Q: How did you come up with the idea for The Dragon Keeper, and how long did it take you to write it? …

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Categories Animal Rights, Endangered Species, Q&A
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