wildlife rescue

"Introduces a group of youngsters who patrol the beaches of Parismina Island to protect mother sea turtles and their eggs from predators and poachers. When the eggs hatch, the kids gather to help escort the tiny turtles as they scramble across the sand to their home in the sea"--Back cover.

Imagine coaxing a sick koala out of a tall tree or having an orphaned joey cling to you wherever you go. These adorable patients receive round-the-clock care at the only koala hospital in the world.

Explores the work of the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, where young, orphaned sea otters are cared for at the aquarium marine animal hospital.

Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.

Luc is an orphan, living in debt slavery in Gabon, until he meets a Professor who claims to be studying chimpanzees, and they head off into the jungle--but when the Professor disappears, Luc has to fend for himself and join forces with the chimps to save their forest.

Luc is an orphan, living in debt slavery in Gabon, until he meets a Professor who claims to be studying chimpanzees, and they head off into the jungle--but when the Professor disappears, Luc has to fend for himself and join forces with the chimps to save their forest.

The Carter family's Halloween preparations are complicated by a deer with a pumpkin stuck on its head and a puppy that is part dog, part coyote.

While her father is in the hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla befriends Harry, the first boy to understand her love of the outdoors, and as Harry's health fails, Isla tries to help both him and the lone swan they see, struggling to fly, on the lake outside Harry's window.

Amur leopards are the rarest big cats in the world. But thanks to scientists' new, innovative efforts to study them and breed a reserve population, these majestic cats have a chance to come back.

Text and illustrations look at different animal rescues, including a pair of owls. National Geographic Kids Chapter books pick up where the best-selling National Geographic Readers series leaves off, offering young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, exciting, full-color true stories-just right to carry in backpacks, share with your friends, and read under the covers at night.