From the award-winning writer of the bestselling Library Mouse sequence comes a biographical photograph publication in regards to the real tale of rhino champion Anna Merz and the black rhinoceros Samia. With a component to the proceeds being donated to the Lewa Downs Conservancy, this attractive tale is ideal for animal fanatics, animal rights fanatics, and enthusiasts of Me . . . Jane.
 
while Anna Merz traveled to East Africa, she grew to become appalled on the rampant poaching that happened there, particularly towards the black rhinoceros. Anna committed her lifestyles to maintaining the flora and fauna of the sector, founding a reserve in Kenya known as Lewa Downs to deal with them. Anna stored a watchful eye at the animals, specifically the rhinos. sooner or later, Anna came across a small black rhino calf, most likely deserted through its mom. So she nurtured the calf, named it Samia, fed it specific formulation, or even permit it sleep in her bed.
 
all over Anna went Samia was once by no means a ways in the back of. the 2 grew to become so shut, in reality, that Anna quickly realized how rhinos converse with each other. Anna was once in a position to distinguish the rhino’s many various grunts and what she intended by means of them: “Snort! Snuff,” cried Samia (“This is fun!”); “Hoo-hoo-hoo!” she known as (“I’m coming!”). yet with time, Samia acquired higher . . . and larger . . . and bigger—to the purpose the place she couldn’t healthy inside of Anna’s residence any more. It used to be time for Anna to make the cruel choice she consistently knew she must make at some point soon or one other: She would have to reintroduce Samia to the wild so she could lead on her lifestyles with the remainder of her kind.
 
Richly illustrated with pen, ink, and watercolors, Daniel Kirk’s first nonfiction photo publication brings wisdom to natural world safeguard and fosters additional knowing of animal rescue and welfare, situated in a delicate means that’s acceptable for younger readers. Kirk traveled to Kenya to determine the reserve firsthand and his pictures grace the again topic, along with an author’s word and bibliography.