If You Take Away the Otter
By Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Illustrators
Illustrated by Matthew Trueman
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By Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Hardcover edition
Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN9780763689346
If You Take Away the Otter
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9780763689346J
On the Pacific Coast of North America, sea otters play, dive, and hunt for sea urchins, crabs, abalone, and fish in the lush kelp forests beneath the waves. But there was a time when people hunted the otters almost to extinction. Without sea otters to eat them, an army of hungry sea urchins grew and destroyed entire kelp forests. Fish and other animals that depended on the kelp were lost, too. But when people protected the sea otters with new laws, their numbers began to recover, and so did the kelp forests.
Susannah Buhrman-Deever offers a beautifully written account of a trophic cascade, which happens when the removal of a single element affects an entire habitat. Asides that dig deeper are woven throughout Matthew Trueman’s dynamic illustrations, starring a raft of charismatic sea otters.
Susannah Buhrman-Deever offers a beautifully written account of a trophic cascade, which happens when the removal of a single element affects an entire habitat. Asides that dig deeper are woven throughout Matthew Trueman’s dynamic illustrations, starring a raft of charismatic sea otters.
Further information. Selected bibliography. Suggestions for more information about sea otters and kelp forests. Full-color mixed-media illustrations.
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