Animals No One Wants to Lose

from Disneynature African Cats

Get close to endangered animals where they live in three fascinating new books about surviving in a changing world.

Each account is stunning and is sure to fuel readers' compassion for the creatures profiled: three species of manatee, two African cats and whales.

Climate change, loss of habitat, hunting and poaching threaten all of these creatures, and in the case of manatees and whales, collisions with boats are also causing numbers to fall.

All three books, written for kids 8 and up but visually appealing to all ages, tie in beautifully with Endangered Species Day this Friday, an effort begun in 2006 to galvanize young and old to help protect disappearing species and wild places.