The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Goldish, Meish

California Condors: Saved by Captive Breeding

32 pp. | Bearport | January, 2009 | Library ISBN 978-1-59716-741-3 $25.27

(3) K-3 America's Animal Comebacks series. Using glossy up-close photographs and accessible text, this book offers readers a clear chronicle of the California condor's challenges and successes. Goldish clearly outlines the threats and what humans have done to help (after, in some measure, causing the problem). Young readers studying conservation will gain valuable information. Statistics and facts about other endangered vultures are appended. Reading list. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Betsy Murray