Dolphins!

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To Judy—S.B
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To Eleanor Anderson, who works so well with kids—M.D
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With thanks to Paul L. Sieswerda of the New York Aquarium and Dr. Daniel Odell of Sea World

Text copyright © 1993 by Sharon Bokoske and Margaret Davidson.

Illustrations copyright © 1993 by Courtney Studios. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bokoske, Sharon.

Dolphins! / by Sharon Bokoske and Margaret Davidson; illustrated by Courtney, p. cm. —(Step into reading. A step 3 book)
SUMMARY
: Introduces dolphins and their physical characteristics, behavior, social structure, intelligence, and interaction with humans.

eISBN: 978-0-307-55570-0

1. Dolphins—Juvenile literature. [1. Dolphins.] I. Davidson, Margaret, 1936–.

II. Courtney, ill. III. Title. IV. Series: Step into reading. Step 3 book.

QL737.C432 B66 2003 599.53—dc21 2002013217

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