Bionic Beasts
Saving Animal Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks

This book explores environmentalism with a touch of science and tech, and I am so happy I found the time to read it. I re-read it twice and am sharing with middle school readers I know and who are interested in animals, science and a truly positive direction in our world today. A unique, succinct, f......more

In the pages of this unique book, readers will meet remarkable animals and the doctors and students who used modern technology to enable them to live normal lives. Here are the five main characters: Lola, a Kemp ridley sea turtle with a missing flipper; Mosha, an Asian elephant who stepped on a land......more

If your children enjoyed the movie Dolphin Tale, they will enjoy this book. Budding scientists or young animal advocates will also appreciate the information about advances in animal prosthetic development. This book follows the story of several animals who’d been injured or born with abnormalities t......more

Bionic Beasts is a fascinating blend of science and heartwarming animal rescue. It tells the true stories of five animals with missing limbs (and one beak) and the heroic efforts of the people who worked to provide them with artificial replacement body parts. I was so moved by the improvement in eac......more

Bionic Beasts: Saving Animal Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks by Jolene Gutiérrez is currently scheduled for release on October 6 2020. What happens when a young elephant steps on a buried land mine, or when a sea turtle’s flipper is injured by a predator? Thanks to recent advances in......more