Encantado : Pink Dolphin of the Amazon

English

ISBN: 0618131035

EAN: 9780618131037

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life/Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America/

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Release Date: 03/01/2002

Age Range: 9-12

Synopsis: Welcome to a forest filled with water. In the wet season, the swollen Amazon becomes a looking glass into another world, where pink dolphins swim like something from a dream. In Peru they are called bufeo colorado--the ruddy dolphin. Their color ranges from white to gray to a vivid pink. These astonishing mammals, actually river-dwelling whales, easily navigate their way through the complex, hazardous world of the Amazon rain forest. Encantado invites readers on the adventure of a lifetime as we travel into one of the worlds most lush and beautiful jungles in search of these magical creatures. Our guides include scientists and researchers as well as the local people, who have lived with the encantados--the enchanted ones--literally at their doorsteps for centuries. Our main guides are the dolphins themselves. They lead us into myth. They take us back in time to a prehistoric era. They alone can show us the depth of the Amazons beauty, diversity, and magic--and help us to keep our planet rich and whole.

Awards: Beehive Childrens Informational Book Award – null 

Encantado : Pink Dolphin of the Amazon

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.54 inches

Width: 9.0 inches

Length: 11.0 inches

Weight: 23.42 oz

Pages: 80