Seal Pup Grows Up: The Story of a Harbor Seal

Smithsonian's Oceanic Collection

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Lisa Bonforte (Illustrator)

Seal Pup and his mother play catch with a piece of kelp. But when mother seal leaves to join the adult herd in the sea, Seal Pup must learn to live on his own. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Seal Pup Grows Up is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations.



Book
- An informative storyline and colorful illustrations
- 32 pages
- Appropriate for 3-9
- Hardcover 12 x 8 3/4 inches

Genres: Animals, Fiction, Picture Books, Childrens

31 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1994

About the author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?, a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award winner.

When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils for her local natural history museums.

Reviews

[Allison Tubaugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: informational

Grades: 1-4

Seal pups grow up in many different ways. They swim but they can also be on land. In this book we find out how seals live and what a day in the life a seal looks like. It might tell us what food they eat what they do for fun and how they interact with other animals. In order to find all that information out you’ll have to read the book!

[Sean Harding · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classy illustrated book from the Smithsonian, beautiful images and well told.
A decent read, and right for the target audience, but also good for an older audience to read with the youngster, or even read alone.
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[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book could be used for an animal or environment awareness study or for a writer's workshop around Mother's Day. The story follows seal Pup as he goes through a typical day growing up with the help of his mamma.

[Melissa Housholder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great non-fiction book told in a fiction way. This story follows a seal pup as he grows up with the help of his mother. Wonderful descriptions and illustrations. Great for teaching about sea mammals!

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be a great book to read to students when entering a section on sea animals. I think this book is suitable for children grades 1-2.