seals (animals)

"Introduces beginner readers to a variety of seals from different habitats, includes facts about swimming and diet, and explains how a seal pup starts life, and grows to adulthood"--Provided by publisher.

Color photographs of seals are paired with a simple descriptive.

Simple text and photographs provide young readers an introduction to harp seals.

Teelo the cat discovers a baby seal which has lost its way and takes it home to care for it until it is well enough to be returned to the sea.

Selkie Bay is a place where the old legends seem very near, and eleven-year-old Cordelia believes that her secretive mother is a selkie who has returned to the sea--a belief that offers some hope as she struggles to care for her two younger sisters and help her scientist father make ends meet in their home by the sea.

"You stole my seal skin! Fergus stared at her. Could it be true? He had heard the stories of selkies--magical seals that could take off their seal skins and change into humans. Stay! he blurted out, the seal skin clutched behind his back. Be my friend!"--Back cover.

Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.

Full-color photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the world of harp seals, their habitat, what they eat, and how they survive.

Relates the story of an elephant seal named Elizabeth that was transferred from the Avon River in Christchurch, New Zealand, to the ocean, but found her way back to the city.

Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the harp seal. Includes fact boxes, color photographs, an activity, a glossary, and further resources.