The Great Rhino Rescue, Sandra Markle
The Great Rhino Rescue, Sandra Markle
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The Great Rhino Rescue
Saving the Southern White Rhinos

Author: Sandra Markle

Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media

Unabridged: 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2020

Synopsis

Southern white rhinos are in trouble. For years, a rumor has been spreading that their horns can be used to cure cancer, and poachers have been targeting these gentle creatures. Sandra Markle takes readers behind the scenes to see how civilians, volunteer organizations, and African governments are working together to protect rhinos.

About Sandra Markle

Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. She is also the author of the Insect World series and several single titles. Her book Rescues! was named a Best Book by the Society of School Librarians International and a Recommended Title of Outstanding Nonfiction by the National Council of Teachers of English’s (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award committee; Animal Heroes was named a 2008 Lasting Connections title by Book Links. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kyra

This book could have been called The *Second* Great Rhino Rescue. In the 19th century, Southern white rhinos were thought to be extinct, their population devastated by the arrival of European colonists who over-hunted them and farmed the savanna, altering their habitat. In 1895, a small group of Sou......more

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