{"id":33237,"date":"2017-08-09T22:28:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T02:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33237"},"modified":"2017-08-09T22:28:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T02:28:34","slug":"review-of-moto-and-me-by-suzi-eszterhas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33237","title":{"rendered":"Review of Moto and Me, by Suzi Eszterhas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/moto_and_me_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/moto_and_me_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33336\" \/><\/a><em>Moto and Me<\/p>\n<p>My Year as a Wildcat\u2019s Foster Mom<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Suzi Eszterhas<\/p>\n<p>Owlkids Books, 2017.  40 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>This simple nonfiction book for kids was a big hit when I booktalked it to early elementary school grades.<\/p>\n<p>The story is this:  Author Suzi Eszterhas was living in Africa as a wildlife photographer.  A baby serval was separated from his mother by some tourists who thought he was in distress during a fire.  They took him to a ranger station.  The baby needed a foster mother to take care of him and teach him how to live in the wild.  Suzi stepped up for the job.<\/p>\n<p>The story is illustrated with abundant photographs \u2013 and Moto is adorably cute!  The author explains clearly how she fed and tended him.  He learned on his own to hunt, practicing with the stuffed toy she gave him, Mr. Ducky.  The pictures of him learning to hunt, climb trees, and puff himself up in defense (to look bigger) are also adorable.<\/p>\n<p>The book isn\u2019t long, but it\u2019s packed with information and photos.  I was fascinated by Moto\u2019s story, and kids will be, too.  And now I know much, much more about servals (African wildcats) than I ever did before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suzieszterhas.com\">suzieszterhas.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.owlkidsbooks.com\/\">owlkidsbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1771472421\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/moto_and_me.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/moto_and_me.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moto and Me My Year as a Wildcat\u2019s Foster Mom by Suzi Eszterhas Owlkids Books, 2017. 40 pages. Starred Review This simple nonfiction book for kids was a big hit when I booktalked it to early elementary school grades. The story is this: Author Suzi Eszterhas was living in Africa as a wildlife photographer. 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