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Honey Girl: The Hawaiian Monk Seal - written by Jeanne Walker Harvey and illustrated by Shennen Bersani
It’s a heart-warming thing to read about mothers taking good care of their children, inspiring all of us to do well in our lives, but this book is about another species of inspiring mom, a Hawaiian Monk Seal named Honey Girl. On the inside cover, we learn that Hawaiian monk seals are endangered, so in Hawaii, everyone loves when they have the pleasure of spotting one when they're at the beach.
Jeanne Walker Harvey tells the tale of one of those beloved seals, Honey Girl, the seal that everyone on "her" beach seemed to know and greet year after year. In the story, we're told that this particular seal has given birth to seven pups and returned each year to raise them until they're ready to go out to sea on their own. See that wonderful cover, a realistic picture of this "super mom" and a pup. The illustrator, Shennen Bersani, fills the pages with the beauty of Hawaii's beaches while Honey Girl's story is told. One year, people on the beach notice a floating seal covered with algae and not moving. Experts are called, and they find that their own special Super Mom has been badly injured by a fish hook embedded in her cheek and the line twisted around her tongue. Through weeks of gentle and professional care, rehabilitation is successful, and Honey Girl returns to her ocean. Hopeful animal scientists spotted and caught her one more time to check to see if she was gaining weight and recuperating. She was doing well. There is more to her story, good news, and you'll need to find the book to discover what happens next.
Jeanne Walker Harvey tells the tale of one of those beloved seals, Honey Girl, the seal that everyone on "her" beach seemed to know and greet year after year. In the story, we're told that this particular seal has given birth to seven pups and returned each year to raise them until they're ready to go out to sea on their own. See that wonderful cover, a realistic picture of this "super mom" and a pup. The illustrator, Shennen Bersani, fills the pages with the beauty of Hawaii's beaches while Honey Girl's story is told. One year, people on the beach notice a floating seal covered with algae and not moving. Experts are called, and they find that their own special Super Mom has been badly injured by a fish hook embedded in her cheek and the line twisted around her tongue. Through weeks of gentle and professional care, rehabilitation is successful, and Honey Girl returns to her ocean. Hopeful animal scientists spotted and caught her one more time to check to see if she was gaining weight and recuperating. She was doing well. There is more to her story, good news, and you'll need to find the book to discover what happens next.