Herorat!: Magawa, a Lifesaving Rodent (Animalographies)

by Jodie Parachini (Author) Jason Dewhirst (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Animalographies

2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

STARRED REVIEW! "A fun series that kids will enjoy."--Booklist starred review

Meet a rodent with a life-saving sense of smell.

Magawa is an African giant pouched rat with a special skill: sniffing out buried land mines. Follow this HeroRat from training at a university in Tanzania, to working in the field in Cambodia, to winning a gold medal for her efforts to make land safe for humans and animals once again.

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A fun series that kids will enjoy.

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2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Classification
-
ISBN-13
9780807503843
Lexile Measure
860
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
April 01, 2022
Series
Animalographies
BISAC categories
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
JNF016000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Curiosities & Wonders
JNF003160 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Squirrels, etc
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Rats
Working animals
Animal fiction

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