Chessie, the Travelin' Man

by Randy Houk, Paula Bartlett (Illustrator)

Tom Chapin's warm narrations and original music plunge your child into the world of each animal. The stories come alive with real animal and environmental sounds.Read listen to the true story of an endangered Florida manatee who made an unprecedented trip north to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, where he earned his name "Chessie". Worried that impending cold weather would make him ill, experts captured Chessie and returned him to Florida. The following summer biologists tracked this travelin' man as he swam all the way from Florida to Rhode Island and back again.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

American children's fiction writer (b. 1944)