Rescuing Rialto: A Baby Sea Otter’s Story by Lynda V. Mapes,
photographs by Alan Berner. PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION. Roaring Brook
(Macmillan), 2019. $19. 9781250147646
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL, MS - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
In 2016, people found a lost sea otter pup along the coast
in Washington state. His rescuer took him to the Seattle Aquarium, where
he was named Rialto, and the caretakers raised him until he found a permanent
home at the Vancouver, Canada aquarium.
What great timing -- for elementary students you can pair
this with Pup 681 by Jean Reidy, using some of Rialto’s story to supplement the
shorter Pup681. All grades need the information in this book about
keystone species and how Washington state ruined their coast, almost
permanently, when they hunted the last local sea otter in 1911!
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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