Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival - Paperback

by Janet Wyman Coleman (Author), Yan Nascimbene (Illustrator)

This "heartening, real-life rescue story"* will grip young readers.

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina crashed a forty-foot tidal wave over the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi.

The dolphin house was demolished, and its inhabitants swept from their tank into the Gulf of Mexico. After growing up in captivity, how could the eight bottlenose dolphins feed and protect themselves in the wild? And if they could survive, would their trainers ever see them again?

This fascinating picture book--enriched with both beautiful color-wash illustrations and photographs taken by the trainers themselves--tells this dramatic, happy-ending story.

"Animal lovers will empathize as they follow the trainers' worries and ultimate elation." --School Library Journal*

Author Biography

Janet Wyman Coleman, the award-winning children's author of Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies, lives in Wayland, Massachusetts. www.janetcoleman.com

The celebrated international illustrator Yan Nascimbene illustrated more than sixty books and more than three hundred book covers during his lifetime.