Here's the incredible story of Elizabeth, a real-life elephant seal who made her home in the Avon River in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
LYNNE COX is a legendary long-distance, open-water swimmer; the
author of several books for adults, including South with the Sun,
Grayson (a New York Times bestseller), and Swimming to Antartica (a
New York Times bestseller); and a contributor to the New Yorker.
She has set records for swimming all around the world, and in 2000
she was inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame. Lynne first
learned of Elizabeth's story when she traveled to New Zealand to
swim across three lakes near Mount Cook. This is her first
children's book.
BRIAN FLOCA is the author/illustrator of Moonshot- The Flight of
Apollo 11, a Sibert Honor Book and a New York Times Best
Illustrated Book; Lightship, a Sibert Honor Book and a Booklist Top
of the List; and The Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Book and a
Kirkus Reviews Editors' Choice. He is also the illustrator of
Ballet for Martha- Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and
Sandra Jordan, a Sibert Honor Book and winner of the NCTE Orbis
Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.
Publishers Weekly starred review, February 24, 2014
“The newly minted Caldecott winner may be best known for his more
encyclopedic works, but he proves that whether the subject is
trains or stubborn seals, he’s a master storyteller."
Publishers Weekly starred review, February 24, 2014
“Based on a true story—there is a photo of the real Elizabeth in
the illuminating afterword—this is superior addition to shelves
featuring wild animal personalities.“
School Library Journal starred review, May 2014
"Children are likely to request multiple readings of this
compelling told and lovingly illustrated true story."
The Bulletin starred review, July/August 2014:
"The book’s sunny temperament, Southern setting, and focus on an
animal who knows where she wants to be despite human intervention
make it a neat inverted complement to Carnesi’s compelling and
fact-based Little Dog Lost."
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