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Patricia Newman
MILLBROOK PRESS MINNEAPOLIS
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FOR KEN, MY FIRST READER AND
PATRON OF THE ARTS
Author acknowledgments: Id like to thank Brent Hughes, David H. Smith Research
Conservation Fellow, University of California Santa Cruz & Duke University, and Lilian
Carswell, the Southern Sea Otter Recovery & Marine Conservation Coordinator, US Fish
and Wildlife Service, for introducing themselves to me at that long-ago conservation
scientists retreat on Tomales Bay. Their enthusiasm for Brents scientific discovery, the
Elkhorn Slough, and of course, sea otters was contagious. They generously gave their
time for interviews, shared their photos with me, and provided thoughtful comments
on numerous manuscript drafts. Additionally, Id like to thank Elise Newman for
accompanying me to Elkhorn Slough on a mother-daughter adventure. Many of her
photos can be found in these pages.
Text copyright 2017 by Patricia Newman
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Newman, Patricia, 1958 author.
Title: Sea otter heroes : the predators that saved an ecosystem / Patricia Newman.
Description: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2017] | Audience: Ages 812. | Audience: Grades 4 to
6. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016020573 (print) | LCCN 2016029400 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512426311 (lb : alk.
paper) | ISBN 9781512428445 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Sea otterJuvenile literature. | SeagrassesEcologyJuvenile literature. |
Marine habitatsJuvenile literature. | Marine ecologyJuvenile literature. | Elkhorn Slough
(Calif.)EcologyJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL737.C25 N49 2017 (print) | LCC QL737.C25 (ebook) | DDC 599.769/5dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016020573
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-41382-23323-9/7/2016
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