Karen Latchana Kenney - Saving the Bald Eagle

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and Teachers Pogo Books let children practice
reading informational text while
introducing them to nonfiction
features such as headings, labels,
sidebars, maps, and diagrams,
as well as a table of contents,
glossary, and index. Carefully leveled text with
a strong photo match offers
early fluent readers the support
they need to succeed. Before Reading Walk through the book and
point out the various nonfiction
features. Ask the student what
purpose each feature serves. Look at the glossary together.
Read and discuss the words. Read the Book Have the child read the book
independently.

Invite him or her to list questions
that arise from reading. After Reading Discuss the childs questions.
Talk about how he or she might
find answers to those questions. Prompt the child to think more.
Ask: Bald eagles live near bodies
of water. Do they live near you?
Have you ever seen one? Pogo Books are published by Jump! 5357 Penn Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55419 www.jumplibrary.com Copyright 2019 Jump! International copyright reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kenney, Karen Latchana, author.

Title: Saving the bald eagle / by Karen Latchana Kenney. Description: Pogo books edition. | Minneapolis, MN : Jump!, Inc., [2019] Series: Great animal comebacks | Audience: Age 710. Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018027584 (print) LCCN 2018028147 (ebook) ISBN 9781641282819 (ebook) ISBN 9781641282802 (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Bald eagleConservation Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC QL696.F32 (ebook) | LCC QL696.F32 K464 2019 (print) | DDC 598.9/43dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018027584 Editor: Jenna Trnka Designer: Anna Peterson Photo Credits: Eric Isselee/Shutterstock, cover, 10; Ron Niebrugge/Alamy, 1; Phil Lowe/Shutterstock, 3; Shootnikonraw/Dreamstime, 4; viktor davare/ Getty, 5; Topical Press Agency/Getty, 67; Gavin Baker Photography/Shutterstock, 89; Timothy Epp/ Shutterstock, 11; Universal Art Archive/Alamy, 12; AP Images, 1213; blickwinkel/Alamy, 14; Frans Lanting Studio/Alamy, 1415; Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 1617; FloridaStock/ Shutterstock, 18; PaulReevesPhotography/iStock, 19; moose henderson/iStock, 2021; JustinLeeMedia/ iStock, 23. Printed in the United States of America at Corporate Graphics in North Mankato, Minnesota.

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER EAGLES IN
DANGER A bald eagle in the sky.
Suddenly, it dives toward
the water. What does it see? The eagle snatches up a fish with its
sharp talons. Bald eagles once ruled
the skies of North America. But they
almost went .

Why? talon

In the 1700s, there was believed
to be around 500,000 bald eagles.
Then came. They took
over eagle . They shot
eagles, too. Why? They thought
eagles killed their . Even more were hunted in the
early 1900s. The government
paid hunters in Alaska for
every bald eagle they killed.

DID YOU KNOW? Bald eagles have amazing eyesight.
They can spot a rabbit up to three
miles (4.8 kilometers) away!
How far is that? The length
of football fields!

crop pesticide In the 1940s, people started
using a . Why?
To kill insects that harmed
. It was called DDT.
It was sprayed on plants.
DDT helped crops. But it got
into rivers and lakes. It was
in the fish that eagles ate. The DDT made bird eggshells
thin.

They broke when adults
sat on their eggs to keep
them warm. The
inside died.

CHAPTER PROTECTING
EAGLES Bald eagles became hard to find in the
wild. A law passed. It was called the
Bald Eagle Protection Act. The law helped eagles. The law helped eagles.

But it didnt
protect their habitats. cleared
forests. Eagles were losing their nesting
areas. Their numbers kept dropping.

In 1962, a book came out.
Rachel Carson wrote it.
It was called Silent Spring.
It told about DDT. More people
learned how bad it was for birds
like bald eagles.

The book came
out just in time. By 1963, less
than eagle pairs lived
in the lower states.

Rachel
Carson More laws soon passed.
In 1967, the birds were
listed as .
DDT was in 1972.
Then in 1973, another law
passed. The Endangered
Act. It protected
species close to extinction.
Their habitats, too. eagle release The laws helped. eagle release