Reading Science in 7th Grade! 2013

Manatees

       Have you ever had a favorite animal and think you know all about them? Did you ever think how much more information there is to learn about an animal besides knowing they're your favorite? Well I read a whole book about Manatees and there was so much information. Now I have no questions about them at all.

These are two manatees swimming in clear water in Florida.

        In the book The Manatee Scientists by Peter Lourie you learn all about the different manatees and how scientists take care of them and track them down to make sure they're okay. You hear from different scientists and their ways of taking care of the manatees.
        This book was very interesting to me because ever since I was a little kid I  have loved manatees but I never really knew anything about them. The first time I saw this book was when we had to look up books we wanted to blog and when I saw the picture on the cover this book became my first choice. Now everyone says don't judge a book by its cover but I loved the cover as much as the book! After reading this book I can tell you that I might just want to be a manatee scientist like the scientists in the book. I would give this book 4 1/2  stars.  Peter Lourie wrote another book about polar bears so he probably writes books so that students like me can learn all about different animals. I heard that Peter Lourie wrote some other books I can't wait to read those too!

-If you want to know a little more about Peter Lourie here is his website: http://peterlourie.com
- Here is a link to a manatee song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVZYCcAdBc