Title:
The great monkey rescue : saving the Golden lion tamarins
Author:
Markle, Sandra, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2016]
Physical Description:
40 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary:
"A look at the plight of the golden lion tamarin for children."--
Traces the effort to save the golden lion tamarin, whose habitat was being destroyed by logging, by applying knowledge of their unique family structure to housing them appropriately in captivity before releasing them into the wild. --Publisher's description.
Language:
English
Contents:
Trapped! -- Almost gone forever -- Back to the wild -- Halfway home -- Turning point -- Good news, bad news -- The escape plan -- A way out -- Home at last -- A golden future? -- Author's note -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Glossary.
Reading Level:
Ages 9-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
930 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.7 1.0 175644.
ISBN:
9781467780308
Format :
Book
