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Diego, the Galápagos Giant Tortoise:
Saving a Species from Extinction
Author: Darcy Pattison
Pattison offers this dramatic story in accessible prose, using the appropriate scientific vocabulary in an understandable context.
This well-crafted success story of a species’ salvation will encourage budding environmentalists. — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Zimmerman’s realistic paintings invite readers into the times and places described, animating the tortoises and their saga.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Recipient of the Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award from the California Reading Association
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