Twelve-year-old Buddy, whose dyslexia makes things difficult for her both at home and at school, hopes to rescue the dolphins that are being held captive and mistreated at a swamp farm near her home in the Everglades.
Laura's father succeeds in befriending a dolphin who seems to like people, but other people on the island are not so considerate and must be educated in how to respect the dolphin's rights and feelings.
Princess Rachel and her frineds in the Daffodil Room are so preoccupied with the upcoming Sea Sparkle Ball that they do not pay any attention to their lessons, but a desire to please their teacher sends them to the library to learn about seabirds in time for their trip to Seabird Island where they perform a very important rescue.
Presents an introduction to dolphins, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and behavior.
a journey of discovery with the sea's most intelligent creatures
Smolker, Rachel
2002
In 1982 Rachel Smolker traveled to Australia where she'd heard that wild dolphins regularly interacted with people. Her trip started a fifteen-year scientific obsession that has produced an intimate account of dolphin life in the wild.
