| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations |
| Summary |
World-renowned swimmer and bestselling author Lynne Cox and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Brian Floca team up to bring us this inspiring story of an elephant seal who knew exactly where she belonged. Here is the incredible story of Elizabeth, a real-life elephant seal who made her home in the Avon River in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. When Elizabeth decides to stretch out across a two-lane road, the citizens worry she might get hurt or cause traffic accidents, so a group of volunteers tows her out to sea. But Elizabeth swims all the way back to Christchurch. The volunteers catch her again and again--each time towing her farther, even hundreds of miles away--but, still, Elizabeth finds her way back home. Includes back matter with information about elephant seals. From the Hardcover edition. |
| Audience |
AD 900 Lexile. |
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AD790L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.5 0.5 166179 |
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Accelerated Reader LG 4.5 0.5 166179 |
| Summary |
A picture book account of a true story describes how an elephant seal made a home in New Zealand's narrow Avon River and loved to stretch herself out across a two-lane road, requiring volunteers to tow her farther and farther out to sea after she kept returning repeatedly. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Elephant seals -- New Zealand -- Christchurch -- Juvenile literature.
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Human-animal relationships -- New Zealand -- Christchurch -- Juvenile literature.
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Elephant seals. |
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Juvenile Nonfiction. |
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Nature. |
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Picture Book Nonfiction. |
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Science. |
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Christchurch (N.Z.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
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Elephant seals -- New Zealand -- Christchurch.
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Human-animal relationships -- New Zealand -- Christchurch.
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Christchurch (N.Z.) -- Social life and customs.
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New Zealand -- Christchurch. |
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Electronic books. |
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Juvenile works.
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| Added Author |
Floca, Brian, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cox, Lynne, 1957- Elizabeth, queen of the seas New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2014 9780375858888 (DLC) 2011023586 (OCoLC)741937565 |
| ISBN |
9780375987694 : $53.97 |
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037598769X : $53.97 |
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