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Check out real-life animals that have made amazing rescues!
Discover the story of a humpback whale that saved a scientist from a hidden threat, a lamb that befriended an orphaned baby rhino, African pouched giant rats that were trained to locate land mines, and many more.
Did you know that elephants can be heroes? In the city of Banda Aceh, in the southeast Asian country of Indonesia, Sumatran elephants cleared roads of debris after a devastating tsunami destroyed the city. The elephant rescuers helped survivors get the supplies they needed to stay alive and rebuild. That’s just one of many incredible examples of animals coming to the rescue.
Award-winning author Sandra Markle has collected true stories from around the world about animals that have rescued humans—or other animals. With fabulous photographs of the featured animals in action, this book is sure to appeal to animal lovers everywhere!
Sandra Markle
Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children's Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist.
More than 500 schools participate in Markle's Book Explorers program which provides free resource-packed emails and classroom activities. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.
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