EMI AND THE RHINO SCIENTIST
By Mary Kay Carson
Photographs by Tom Uhlman
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
Category: Middle Grade Nonfiction
I know that my singing the praises of “Scientists in the Field” books is not likely to mean much anymore. I mean, I’ve written one and I am working on another; of course I like them! Even still, I just read the latest and I have to mention it here …
Emi, a rare Sumatran rhinoceros, was orphaned as a baby calf, rescued by conservationists, and brought to the United States in hopes of breeding her. Terri Roth is a wildlife reproduction specialist who helped her become a mother. (It was not easy.) Readers follow their story through intelligent text and stunning images, beautifully arranged, as always.
Congratulations to author Mary Kay Carson and photographer Tom Uhlman on a book well done!