Sea Otter Rescue

What a cute and informational book! As rewarding as it was to just flip through and look at the pictures, the text was enjoyable, too. Full of information about baby otters and their rescue and conservation efforts, this book encourages the reader to get involved.

We loved this book!! My daughter was going to just listen to it but once she saw some of the photographs she couldn't stay away!! The photographs are adorable!! This is a fun book for any animal lover!!

This book is really excellent, from its lush photos to the quality of information about what makes otters the unique creatures they are and important concepts in wild animal rescue. It also raises environmental awareness about how fragile their ecosystem can be. While pricey for a children's picture book, a portion of the royalties will go to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. This is a wonderful book worth gifting to children who love wild animals and who are curious about helping them. I look forward to checking out the other volumes in the Rescue series.

Note that this was an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher.

"Sea Otter Rescue is the third in the four-book Wildlife Rescue series. Each book introduces a species of animal in danger somewhere in the world and profiles a rescue center that helps it."

This is my idea of what a non-fiction animal book for young people ought to be in contrast with the 'Tigers for Kids' book I also reviewed today. This book is more enjoyable, much more professional, and made for an educational, fun, and engaging read. Suzi Eszterhas is award-winning wildlife photographer, and not too shabby of a writer, too. She gets the facts out in front, gets to the point, doesn't ramble or repeat herself, and makes a great case for her cause. Some of the profit from this book will go to aid in sea otter rescue at the Alaska SeaLife Center which is the source of her information.

In simple and plain, but informative prose we learn how sea otters end up in dire straits and what's involved in rescuing and caring for them. The people involved get some of the spotlight, too. I recommend this for anyone who cares about our fellow mammals, especially ones which are threatened as some sea otters are. What you read here might surprise you! Some of it did me! Note this is not to be confused with Sea Otter Rescue by Roland Smith or with Seldovia Sam and the Sea Otter Rescue by Susan Woodward Springer and illustrator Amy Meissner, neither of which I have read.

This book felt professional, knowledgeable, and focused. It was full of interesting and useful information. It did not hurt that it was also full of pictures of the cutest mammals ever. Mostly young ones, of course, because these are the ones most often in need of help. You would definitely not want to mess with a full grown one. In fact you oughtn't to mess with them at all - leave them be and enjoy them from afar. If one looks like it's abandoned or in trouble, call animal rescue. The book has a host of information about that, too.

Sea otters are struggling in some places and among their major problems is big oil, and pollution of the ocean from irresponsible trash jettisoning. In short, it's the usual suspect: destruction of habitat by insensitive and selfish humans. This book discusses the life and natural history of the sea otter, how irresponsible people make their lives immeasurably worse, and what's being done by this little Alaskan rescue center to come to their aid.

I loved the way it was written succinctly, but sparing no important detail, and I adored the pictures. It was a pleasure to read and served a needful and useful purpose. You can't ask for more than that in a book aimed at young people. It was beautifully presented, with rich, color images and well-organized. I recommend it

Five stars. Absolutely delightful look at what's involved in the care of rescued baby sea otters. Adorable photographs accompany information about feeding, playing, grooming, and medical care. Reading this book will make your child want to go to the nearest zoo or aquarium to watch the sea otters--quick!

Great children's book about sea otters with wonderful photos. This is exactly the type of book my daughter would have loved when she was in elementary school. Interesting animal facts along with a lot of really nice photos. This book would certainly been one of her souvenirs from a trip to the aquarium. It also would have been good for a book report in middle elementary (and maybe upper if it was not a book report, but a report on otters.).