An Otter's Story
by Emil Liers
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From third to fifth grade, I probably read this book half a dozen times. I just loved it,! I didn't know until now, though, that the stories were true! I'm so disappointed I can't add a physical copy to my library today.
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- Original publication date
- 1953
- Related movies
- Flash the Teenage Otter (1961 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- To my friends the otters, with the prayer that the readers of this story may be impressed with the lovableness and intelligence of these little creatures
- First words
- Ottiga was born late one January on the Keweenaw Peninsula on the northernmost point of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, about seven miles east of the old fort at Copper Harbor.
Foreword: This is a true story of the lives of two otters and their parents and cubs. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Soon the family must part again, going its separate ways; but all along the friendly, flowing streams, and now and then among the marshy swamps and blue-eyed lakes, they all would meet, merging their new lives long enough to dive and play together as before.
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- Genres
- Children's Books, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 599.744478 — Natural sciences & mathematics Animals Mammals Carnivora; Cats, Dogs, Bears, Seals Feliformia [Land carnivores now 599.74–599.78] [Caniformia now at 599.76–599.77] [Mustelids now at 599.766]
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- QL795 .O8 .L5 — Science Zoology Zoology Animal behavior Stories and anecdotes
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- English
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