The Whale Who Won Hearts: And More True Stories of Adventures with Animals (National Geographic Chapters Series)

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Brian Skerry

Overview

National Geographic Kids Chapters picks up where the best-selling National Geographic Readers series leaves off. This new series offers young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, full-color true stories just right to carry in a backpack, share with friends, and read under the covers at night. Based on the hit feature in National Geographic Kids magazine, we bring you Animal Adventures! Featuring three amazing stories of explorer Brian Skerry and his incredible encounters with animals, written in fun and lively prose that empowers readers to devour page after page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426315206
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/10/2014
Series:	National Geographic Kids Chapters Series
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	395,109
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	660L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

BRIAN SKERRY is a photojournalist specializing in marine wildlife and underwater environments. Since 1998 he has been a contract photographer for National Geographic magazine covering a wide range of subjects and stories. In 2014 he was named a National Geographic Photography Fellow. In 2015 Skerry was named a Nikon Ambassador, and in 2017 he received the National Geographic Photographer's Photographer Award.

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is an award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. Her titles include What Lives in a Shell?, winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Best Children's Science Picture Book award; What Is the World Made Of?, a Children's Book-of-the-Month Club main selection; and What's Alive?, also named an AAAS Best Children's Science Picture Book.