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Young readers will enjoy the photos in the trainer's scrapbook at the end of the book.more Contrary to what some might say, these weren't just dolphins but breathing symbols of the Gulf Coast's ability to transcend a natural disaster.

Think of how hard it must have been for those trainers waiting and hoping that the dolphins were still alive while having to wait for someone, anyone to let their rescuers have a boat. While both parts of the book are interesting, separating the story this way felt a little jarring and didn't allow as much examination of the amazing dolphin rescue story as I would have liked. Instead, the author offers additional information about dolphins and how they have helped other species. It must have been a long journey back for them. While I liked the story and fine line and color wash illustrations that depict the disaster, I wanted to know more about the dolphins and how they survived and then recovered once they had been rescued. The story has a happy ending since all eight of the dolphins made it home safely. The storm's 40-foot tidal wave had destroyed the dolphins' home, and experts thought that they might not have gone far since they depended on their trainers for food. Their trainers and the staff of the facility worked hard to get a boat and a helicopter in an effort to find them. This story describes how eight dolphins left in the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi, somehow managed to survive in the Gulf Coast waters for twelve days.

The storm's 40-foot tidal wave had destroyed the dolphins' home, and experts thought Having survived Hurricane Katrina, I am drawn to stories about the natural disaster and true stories of animal and human survival. Having survived Hurricane Katrina, I am drawn to stories about the natural disaster and true stories of animal and human survival. Hopefully it can spark further interest in learning about Hurricane Katrina, dolphins in general, or both!. It's a decent introduction to what is one of the greatest natural disasters our country has seen in recent history. That said, I think it IS a decent story that illustrates the nature of dolphins for younger children. I didn't dislike the other information about dolphins, but then maybe it's not a book about the eight dolphins of Katrina, but more than than that.

#Marine life oceanarium gulfport full#

I didn't dislike the illustrations, but with so much documented about Katrina, there could have been some amazing photographs used in a full page format. I wanted more of what we were given on the cover. So why do I feel duped? I wish there was more given to the accounts of the Oceanarium employees on what Katrina was like, what damage it did, and how the dolphins could have survived.

Finally we reach the 'Scrapbook' at the end of the book that has photographs and accompanying information done in a timeline style with notes on the eight dolphins closing that section. We then move on to other accounts of dolphins and their interactions with humans. Only 16 pages were given to telling the account of Hurricane Katrina, the employees of the Oceanarium, and of course the dolphins. So why do I feel duped? I wish there was more given to the account I feel a little duped by this book.