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Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon Hardcover - 2002
by Sy Montgomery; Dianne Taylor-Snow (Photographer)
Welcome to a forest filled with water. In the wet season, the swollen Amazon becomes a looking glass into another world, where pink dolphins swim like something from a dream. In Peru they are called bufeo coloradothe ruddy dolphin. Their color ranges from white to gray to a vivid pink. These astonishing mammals, actually river-dwelling whales, easily navigate their way through the complex, hazardous world of the Amazon rain forest. Encantado invites readers on the adventure of a lifetime as we travel into one of the world’s most lush and beautiful jungles in search of these magical creatures. Our guides include scientists and researchers as well as the local people, who have lived with the encantadosthe enchanted onesliterally at their doorsteps for centuries. Our main guides are the dolphins themselves. They lead us into myth. They take us back in time to a prehistoric era. They alone can show us the depth of the Amazon’s beauty, diversity, and magicand help us to keep our planet rich and whole.
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Welcome to a forest filled with water. In the wet season, the swollen Amazon becomes a looking glass into another world, where pink dolphins swim like something from a dream. In Peru they are called bufeo coloradothe ruddy dolphin. Their color ranges from white to gray to a vivid pink. These astonishing mammals, actually river-dwelling whales, easily navigate their way through the complex, hazardous world of the Amazon rain forest. Encantado invites readers on the adventure of a lifetime as we travel into one of the world’s most lush and beautiful jungles in search of these magical creatures. Our guides include scientists and researchers as well as the local people, who have lived with the encantadosthe enchanted onesliterally at their doorsteps for centuries. Our main guides are the dolphins themselves. They lead us into myth. They take us back in time to a prehistoric era. They alone can show us the depth of the Amazon’s beauty, diversity, and magicand help us to keep our planet rich and whole.
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YOU'RE TRAVELING TO A WORLD THAT IS FULL OF WATER.
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- Title Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon
- Author Sy Montgomery; Dianne Taylor-Snow (Photographer)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition None
- Pages 72
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin
- Date March 26, 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780618131037 / 0618131035
- Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 11.25 x 9.34 x 0.54 in (28.58 x 23.72 x 1.37 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001039251
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.538
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