World Wildlife Fund

Kids - books for age group 2-9 years old

• Swimmy by Leo Lionni
A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage himself and his new companions

• Orcas Around Me: My Alaskan Summer by Deborah Page and Leslie W. Bowman
A young boy describes his summers spent fishing for salmon with his parents and younger brother off the southeastern coast of Alaska, where experience becomes their best teacher

• Sea Turtle Journey – The Story of a Loggerhead by Lorraine A. Joy and Katie Lee
With amazing illustrations, this children's book tells the story of a loggerhead sea turtle's journey from birth to her return to the same beach to lay her own eggs

• Turtle's Way: Loggy, Greeny & Leather by Mara Uman Hixon and Steve J. Harris
A peek into the life cycles of three memorable mommy sea turtles. Readers will quickly identify their role in keeping the ocean clean, so that Loggy, Greeny, Leather, and their babies can survive.

• Look out for Turtles by Melvin Berger and Megan Lloyd
Readers discover that different kinds of turtles can live almost anywhere on land or sea and can eat many kinds of plants and animals... but today turtles must struggle to survive. They are hunted, and threatened by pollution. If turtles are going to be around for another 200 million years, they are going to need our help!

• The Polar Bears Are Hungry by Carol Carrick and Paul Carrick
The spring, a polar bear emerges from hibernation and hunts for seal. As the weather warms, she has difficulty finding food for her two cubs and ends up scavenging in a village. Readers learn of the effects of global warming and other undue human interferences on the lives, and ultimately the future, of the polar-bear population.

Young Adult - books for age group 10-17 years old

• Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles by Kathryn Lasky
A fantastic tour of the icy Cape Cod seaside, the emergency room at the New England Aquarium, The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, and the warm beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, where turtles are born and later return to lay eggs of their own.

• Voyage of the Turtle by Carl Safina
Amusing and engaging, “Voyage of the Turtle” provides a good insight into turtle conservation, particularly the leatherbacks.

• The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Publisher Comments: ‘In the Pacific, there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea birds abound. Karana is the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Hers is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery’

Adult - books for age group 18 years and older

• Laura Williams - The Storks' Nest: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside.
Laura Williams works for WWF in Russia. This is her story of her move to a remote village in western Russia. Falling in love with a nature photographer, together they explore the wilderness of the impenetrable Bryansk Forest, coming face-to-face with bison and bears, apprehending poachers and a runaway stallion, and raising a stork and a moose

• The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts
Publisher comments:’ Callum M. Roberts reveals in “The Unnatural History of the Sea”, the oceans’ bounty didn’t disappear overnight. While today’s fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not in the modern era, or even with the dawn of industrialization, but in the eleventh century in medieval Europe. Roberts explores this long and colorful history of commercial fishing, taking readers around the world and through the centuries to witness the transformation of the seas.’

• Cod by Mark Kurlansky
A biography of the fish that changed the world. Publishers comment ‘The codfish. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been spurred by it, national diets have been based on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it, and the settlement of North America was driven by it. Mark Kurlansky introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs, and of course the fishermen, whose lives have interwoven with this prolific fish. He chronicles the fifteenth-century politics of the Hanseatic League and the cod wars of the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.’

• Song for the Blue Ocean by Carl Safina
A must-read for those interested in fisheries issue. From the book: ‘Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, Carl Safina's epic personal narrative takes us on a global journey of discovery along the world's coasts, islands, reefs, and deep ocean. Exploring the world's changing seas, scientist and fisherman Safina deftly weaves adventure, science, action, and political intrigue. Safina shows us how over-exploitation of the oceans differs little from the rapacious nineteenth-century plunder that destroyed the buffalo. But he also tells inspiring and hopeful stories of the sea's revival and replenishment.’

• The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef by Osha Grey Davidson
Publishers comments ‘Aided by an eight-page, full-color photographic insert demonstrating the incredible intricacies of the reef and its unique inhabitants, “The Enchanted Braid “ identifies the approximately 240,000 square miles of coral reef on the planet today as indispensable not only to the livelihood of the oceans but also to humans. The reef is, after all, the soul of the sea, the spawning ground for tens of thousands of marine species.. However, in a world of oil tanker disasters, global warming, and dwindling natural resources, they are also in grave danger of extinction’