National Geographic Kids Chapterbooks pick up where the best-sellingNational Geographic Readersseries leaves off, offering young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, true stories just right to carry in your backpack, share with your friends, and read under the covers at night. Follow along asNational Geographic Kids Chapters'presents a trio of true stories about incredible acts of animal heroism.Courageous Caninefeatures an amazing pup named Lilly who sacrifices her own life to save her owner, a brave pod of dolphins who face a great white shark to save a stranger, and a mother gorilla, who in mourning her own baby, saves a 3-year-old boy who falls into her zoo enclosure. Filled with gorgeous photographs, sidebars, and fun facts,Courageous Caninewill leave young readers hungry for more. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visitwww.natgeoed.org/commoncorefor more information.

 

 

This book features in the following series: National Geographic Kids, National Geographic Kids Chapter Books .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-10 years.

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by National Geographic Kids .

National Geographic Kids collaborates to put forth fun and interesting non-fiction for kids. Edited by Kelly Milner Halls with Joseph Bruchac, Chris Cruther, Terry Davis, Rebecca Fjelland Davis, Kelly Milner Halls, James Howe, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Randy Powell, Sara Ryan, Terry Trueman, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Ellen Wittlinger.