the friendly dolphins

By Patricia Lauber

Book Overview

Describes instances of dolphin friendship with humans, dolphin anatomy and life in the sea, care of their young, dolphins as pets and performers, and scientific experiments on their capacity to hear... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590360078
• ISBN13: 9780590481342
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Scholastic paperback
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great early science book

This book serves two important functions. First, it teaches children about the science of dolphins in an entertaining way. Second, it acts as a model of scientific texts that will help them to use more complex books as they grow more advanced. Complete with diagrams, photographs, and an index, the book takes teaching us about dolphins seriously, but the text itself remains engaging enough to keep our interest. Readers will learn everything from the evolution of dolphins to the surprising level of intelligence they have displayed. It also presents many interesting anecdotes that help to illustrate key concepts. I highly recommend this book as a way to inspire learning about dolphins, and about the natural world in general.