Saving Samantha: A True Story

Winner of the KIND Children's Honor Book (Kids In Nature's Defense--national association for humane and environmental education)

Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen and wife Robbyn team up again for another wildlife tale drawn from their encounters with the animal kingdom. Told in journal form and rendered in beautifully detailed artwork, the van Frankenhuyzens give a "day in the life" view as the fox Samantha begins her journey from injured kit to independent adult living on her own.

Always respecting the boundaries between the wild and the human ways of life and based on years of work as licensed wildlife rehabilitators, Gijsbert and Robbyn recommend readers "do not try this at home."

Saving Samantha is Gijsbert's fourteenth book with Sleeping Bear Press and second in the Hazel Ridge Farm series. He has also illustrated the best-selling The Legend of Sleeping Bear, The Legend of Leelanau, and The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 03/04/2004
ISBN: 9781585362202
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 11.18h x 9.26w x 0.49d

Review Citations: Booksense '76 Childrens Sum 04 06/01/2004 pg. 1
Booklist 07/01/2004 pg. 1846
School Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 194
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 436 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 436 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 78609 / Saving Samantha: A True Story
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5