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Winter's tail how one little dolphin learned to swim again

Describes the rescue and rehabilitation of a young Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, named Winter, who received an artificial tail after being badly injured when caught in a crab trap.

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Main Author: Hatkoff, Juliana
Other Authors: Hatkoff, Isabella (joint author.), Hatkoff, Craig (joint author.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Bottlenose dolphin > Wounds and injuries > Juvenile nonfiction.
Tail > Surgery > Juvenile nonfiction.
Artificial limbs > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Describes the rescue and rehabilitation of a young Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, named Winter, who received an artificial tail after being badly injured when caught in a crab trap.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 25 x 28 cm.
Audience:004-008.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2010
ISBN:9780545123358 (reinforced) :
0545123356 (reinforced) :
9780545197502
0545197503
Author Notes:Craig Hatkoff is the co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival and of Turtle Pond Publications. Both Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship and Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship are New York Times bestsellers. He lives with his wife and their two daughters in Manhattan.

Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Juliana Hatkoff are also the authors of Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World and Looking for Miza: The True Story of the Mountain Gorilla Family Who Rescued One of Their Own. The Hatkoffs live in Manhattan.

Isabella Hatkoff is the co-author of bestselling Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship and Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship with her father, Craig Hatkoff, and ecologist Dr. Paula Kahumbu. Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship was published in the spring of 2006 and became an international phenomonen. She lives in Manhattan with her family

David Yates is the CEO of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. He initiated a marketing and media plan that shared Winter's amazing story with the world, leading to the major motion picture DOLPHIN TALE, which Yates co-produced. Yates is also a three time Emmy Award winner, producer and writer of the documentary WINTER, THE DOLPHIN THAT CAN, and an executive producer of DOLPHIN TALE 2.

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