Book Description
for Heading Home to Florida by Robert Scott Thayer and Lauren Gallegos
From the Publisher
LEXILE Measurement: AD610L
Gold Medal, 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Award in the Children's Educational category
Winner of the 2015 International Book Award in the Children's Educational category
Packed with exciting illustrations and interesting facts, this adventure story will enchant as it creates awareness for the endangered Florida manatee. In late September, Kobee Manatee is on a twelve hundred-mile mission to get back home to Florida from Cape Cod, Massachusetts before the impending cold threatens his life. On his journey, he meets two new friends: Tess the seahorse, who loves to learn, and Pablo the hermit crab, who is in search for a new shell. Will Kobee and his friends make it to Florida in time?
Gold Medal, 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Award in the Children's Educational category
Winner of the 2015 International Book Award in the Children's Educational category
Packed with exciting illustrations and interesting facts, this adventure story will enchant as it creates awareness for the endangered Florida manatee. In late September, Kobee Manatee is on a twelve hundred-mile mission to get back home to Florida from Cape Cod, Massachusetts before the impending cold threatens his life. On his journey, he meets two new friends: Tess the seahorse, who loves to learn, and Pablo the hermit crab, who is in search for a new shell. Will Kobee and his friends make it to Florida in time?
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
