The Island Vet (2) - Rescue at Seal Bay

By Author / Illustrator

Gill Lewis

Genre

Animals

Age range(s)

Publisher

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

9781800902770

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

01-08-2024

Synopsis

Tia must show visitors to Gull Haven Island how to respect the environment and protect the animals who live there in this charming tale from award-winning author Gill Lewis.

At the start of the summer, Tia is excited to see all the visitors arriving for their holidays on Gull Haven Island, and she's delighted to make a new friend. But Tia's feelings change when some selfish tourists upset a newborn seal pup and its mother, and then she sees how people are carelessly leaving their rubbish on the beach. Can Tia find a way to show people how to respect the island environment and all the creatures that live there?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.

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Reviews

Amanda

This beautifully written story focuses on the turning the negative impact of tourism into a positive one. We all like to visit wonderful places and see amazing animals but we also all need to take responsibility for looking after their habitats and our environment. Through this story, Gill Lewis has sensitively approached this topic in a child friendly positive way.

The Island Vet - Rescue at Seal Bay will inspire children to look after the environment that they live in and to look for things that they could do to help the natural world. In school, this book could be read linked to any topic about the environment or habitats. It would be a useful starting point to discuss human impact.

The story is pitched perfectly for early chapter book readers and uses both dyslexia friendly print and buff paper. You could easily use this book as a group reading book focusing on use of language, description, character building, as well as the chosen topic.

64 pages / Reviewed by Amanda Shipton, teacher