Herorat!: Magawa, a Lifesaving Rodent

By Jodie Parachini

2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

STARRED REVIEW "A fun series that kids will enjoy."--Booklist starred review

Meet a rodent with a life-saving sense of smell.

Magawa is an African giant pouched rat with a special skill: sniffing out buried land mines. Follow this HeroRat from training at a university in Tanzania, to working in the field in Cambodia, to winning a gold medal for her efforts to make land safe for humans and animals once again.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807503843
• ISBN13: 9780807503843
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3