Felina's New Home: A Florida Panther Story

By Loran Wlodarski

Book Overview

Felina the Florida panther loved growing up in her forest home, until the forest starts to shrink Trees begin to disappear, and Felina doesn't understand the new busy highway in the neighborhood. Other animals are in danger, too. Will Felina find a way to survive as humans threaten to ruin her home? Environmental science writer Loran Wlodarski gives children a look into deforestation and endangered animals in Felina's New Home: A Florida Panther Story, complemented by the detailed, emotive illustrations of Lew Clayton. Learn whether the animals in Felina's forest adapt to the new human presence and what children can do to keep wild animals safe, happy, and healthy. This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 54-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Felina's New Home is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607188678
• ISBN13: 9781607188674
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, LLC
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Somewhat depressing for children already compassionate toward animals

I saw this book at a gift shop in the Florida Everglades and glanced through it quickly, then decided to look for it used later. I homeschool and my children are 6 and under. I thought it would be a wonderful educational book to follow up on some of the animal facts we learned about on our vacation. It does have a lot of facts and wholesome guidance regarding the conservation of nature and supporting wildlife, which is a priority to teach my children. I knocked off a couple of stars though because I felt like this emphasis was a touch too heavy, to the point where my young children looked discouraged by the sadness of the animals and their situations in the book. The book does end with some optimism, but my children have not asked to read it again.