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Pup 681: A Sea Otter Rescue Story
Author
Illustrator
Ashley Crowley
Publication Date
February 20, 2019
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
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Description
A heartwarming sea otter rescue story.Washed ashore alone, a tiny sea otter pup needs help! Soon, a rescuer is there, to take her in and keep her warm and fed. The pup faces challenges in her new life without her sea otter family. But with the love and care of her rescuer, she flourishes in her new home. Inspired by a true story, Pup 681 is a heartwarming and hopeful tale about family and love.
Publication date
February 20, 2019
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250114501
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV002160 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mammals
JUV002170 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
JUV002160 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mammals
JUV002170 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Animal rescue
Animal specialists
Sea otter
Public aquariums
Aquatic animals
Animal rescue
Animal specialists
Sea otter
Public aquariums
Aquatic animals
Publishers Weekly
Reidy's story is loosely based on a real otter that was rescued by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and initially identified as "681" before a naming contest made her an internet sensation. In Crowley's loose, smudgy artwork, an aquarium worker on a surfboard discovers the tiny pup washed ashore. She takes the otter back to the aquarium, where she warms and feeds her, but after spending weeks living in the aquarium's otter habitat, 681 becomes unwell: "The pup felt like she was back on the lonely sand beach. And no blanket of purple kelp could make it right." The aquarium worker again nurses her back to health. Reidy's anthropomorphizing of 681 is laid on thick ("Pup 681... That big, big number reminded her of that big, empty space in her tiny otter heart."), but otter enthusiasts will likely enjoy the tender relationship between 681 and her attentive caregiver. Ages 4-8. (Feb.)
Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.
Jean Reidy
Jean Reidy once lived high above honking taxis, growling trash trucks, shrieking cars, and, of course, buses traveling in every direction. And she might like to again someday. But for now, she writes from her home in Colorado, right across the street from her neighborhood library, which she loves. Her fun, lively, and award-winning picture books have earned their spots as favorites among readers and listeners of all ages. Admittedly, she's never had a tortoise...but over the years she has resided with a not-so-well-behaved assortment of turtles, parakeets, lizards, goldfish, hamsters, and even one feisty fire-bellied toad. Visit Jean online at JeanReidy.com. Lucy Ruth Cummins is an author, an illustrator, and an art director of children's books. Her debut picture book, A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals, was a finalist for the Governor General's Award, an Irma Black Honor Book, and an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author-illustrator of Stumpkin. As a little girl, she had a turtle for a pet, but he ran away. Really. She lives with her little family in Brooklyn, New York.
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