Books with title Amazing Animal Adventures on Islands: Going Wild

Chosen as Canada's Environment Hero of the Year for 2005 by Reader's Digest Brian Keating continues to inspire children and adults alike in his exciting Going Wild series, which is perfect for reluctant readers. The fifth book in the series places readers squarely in Keating's shoes as he explores some of the most remote islands on Earth and finds out about the amazing adaptations that animals, fish, and birds have made to survive island environments. In Amazing Animal Adventures on Islands, natural surprises abound as Keating: Tries to keep his hiking boots out of a kaka's beak on the slopes of a New Zealand mountain Travels deep into the forests of Sarawak, Malaysia, on Borneo to find the elusive orangutan Sleeps on the forest floor of Haida Gwaii to see ancient murrelets call their chicks out to the ocean Sails to the Galapagos Islands in Charles Darwin's footsteps, into the land of vampire finches and giant tortoises Lives every birdwatcher's dream in Papua New Guinea, dancing with birds of paradise Dives into the waters of Lake Malawi and swims with the amazing cichlid fish that keep their babies in their mouths Leaps from tree to tree with the indri lemur of Madagascar "As the zoo's head of education for 15 years, Keating didn't just want people to learn more about nature, he wanted them to fall in love with it . . . 'We need someone like Brian, someone who tells us what is going on out there in the wild places of the world.'" -- Reader's Digest

The second of eight books in the Fifth House Going Wild children's nonfiction adventure series, Amazing Animal Adventures at the Poles presents world-famous naturalist Brian Keating's amazing-but-true firsthand accounts of his travels in the world's remote polar regions. Seemingly devoid at first glance of all but the most basic of flora and fauna, the Arctic and Antarctic lands and waters are actually full of exciting natural wonders and fascinating creatures that must be seen to be believed! Join Brian Keating as he describes: Swimming with the canaries of the ocean in Cunningham Inlet Playing with minke whales in the Antarctic Meeting the superbears of Frobisher Bay Watching kings in their finest suits on South Georgia Island Living on the edge in the Antarctic Each story, told by Keating with boundless energy and enthusiasm, provides details in easily digestible bites and features full-colour photographs with fact-filled cutlines, a small glossary, and an information sidebar - "Brian's Notes." Also included in the book are an activity to encourage students to have their own backyard adventures, a full-colour world map showing the locations of Keating's wildlife adventures, and an index.Keating has been a weekly guest on CBC Radio Calgary for nearly two decades and has been featured bi-weekly on the Discovery Channel for the past six years. In addition to his full time job at the zoo, Keating is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Calgary, a pilot, a scuba diver, and mountaineer. Brian is accompanied on wilderness trips and adventures by his wife, Dee, who is a local Calgary physician. Teacher's Guides are available at Fitzhenry.ca

Chosen as Canada's Environment Hero of the Year for 2005 by Reader's Digest Brian Keating continues to inspire children and adults alike in his exciting Going Wild series, which is perfect for reluctant readers. The fifth book in the series places readers squarely in Keating's shoes as he explores some of the most remote islands on Earth and finds out about the amazing adaptations that animals, fish, and birds have made to survive island environments. In Amazing Animal Adventures on Islands, natural surprises abound as Keating: Tries to keep his hiking boots out of a kaka's beak on the slopes of a New Zealand mountain, Travels deep into the forests of Sarawak, Malaysia, on Borneo to find the elusive orangutan, Sleeps on the forest floor of Haida Gwaii to see ancient murrelets call their chicks out to the ocean, Sails to the Galapagos Islands in Charles Darwin's footsteps, into the land of vampire finches and giant tortoises, Lives every birdwatcher's dream in Papua New Guinea, dancing with birds of paradise, Dives into the waters of Lake Malawi and swims with the amazing cichlid fish that keep their babies in their mouths, Leaps from tree to tree with the indri lemur of Madagascar

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2007 Rocky Mountain Book Award finalist, 2008 Amazing Animal Adventures in Rivers is the fourth of eight books incredible volumes in the ground-breaking Going Wild series, written for children to encourage them to explore the natural world around them. Brian Keating's high-energy enthusiasm for the wonders of nature is contagious, inspiring children and adults alike to discover, through his eyes, how rivers and the riparian areas around them are ribbons of wilderness inhabited by the most amazing animals and plants. Keating grew up fascinated by rivers, those in his own back yard and ones farther afield. Whether in the world's rivers on a canoe, raft, or swimming suit, or hiking and exploring the dense forests and woodlands surrounding them, Keating continues his tradition of bringing a world of natural surprises to his readers. Join Keating as he describes: Floating down the Zambezi River, watching bull elephants play and swim in the deep water Grizzly tracks and making ice cream from glacial ice on a raft trip down the Tatshenshini River in Yukon Territory and Alaska Watching elephants dig wells and collecting water from those wells for showerbaths and cooking at Secret Springs in Africa The giant river otters of Guyana and the woman who works to preserve them Western Grebes mistaking the highway for Duck Lake at the Creston Valley Wildlife Centre in British Columbia Teacher's Guides are available at Fitzhenry.ca