Animal Planet All-Star Readers: I Am Fungie the Dolphin Level 2 tells the remarkable true story of a beloved dolphin that lived in an Irish harbor for decades! Dolphins usually live and interact with other dolphins, but one dolphin--affectionately named Fungie by locals--lived by himself in a harbor in the town of Dingle, Ireland, for more than thirty years.
Fungie's life story is told from his point of view in Animal Planet All-Star Readers: I Am Fungie the Dolphin , a Level 2 reader full of photographs and including a glossary.
Dolphin-loving kids will eagerly plunge into this unique story that will also help them build their literacy skills.
About author(s): Brenda Scott Royce is a lifelong lover of beasts and books--and whenever possible her work combines the two.
She's served as editor of Zoo View , the award-winning magazine of the Los Angeles Zoo, for more than a decade.
Her children's books include two titles in the ASPCA's Pet Rescue Club series-- Champion's New Shoes and Bailey the Wonder Dog.
Her award-winning comedic novels Monkey Love and Monkey Star chronicle the misadventures of Holly Heckerling, a stand-up comedienne who befriends a monkey while juggling career and romantic entanglements.
Brenda likes to say that she majored in monkeys in college (she earned a bachelor's degree in primatology and anthropology from California State University, Fullerton) and that some of her best friends are chimpanzees (she worked as a chimp keeper at a wildlife sanctuary).
She lives in Glendora, California.
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