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Coffey, Maria

A Seal in the Family

32 pp. | Annick | October, 1999 | Library ISBN 1-55037-581-4 $$17.95 | Paper ISBN 1-55037-580-6 $$6.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes. When his cat, Teelo, finds an abandoned seal pup on the beach one day, Victor the vet takes her in. Caring for the seal upends the crowded but otherwise peaceful animal-filled household, but returning her to the ocean when she's big enough proves even more challenging. The somewhat contrived story, accompanied by cartoony gouache illustrations, has touches of humor but overuses repetition and alliteration.
Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli

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