THE GREAT PENGUIN RESCUE

INDUSTRY REVIEWS

“A real-life eco-thriller with a happy ending.”  — featured on the New York Post’s ‘Required Reading’ list

“It’s hard to imagine a silver lining coming out of a story about an oil spill, but if there ever were one, it would be The Great Penguin Rescue.”   — The Daily Beast

“If you liked the movie Blackfish you might like this book, because if you care about animals that live in the water, this is a vastly happier tale.”   — NPR arts editor, NPR Summer Book Picks

“The Great Penguin Rescue is a powerful story, one that needs to be heard. Not just to find out what happened in South Africa…but so that we know, even though tragedies like this will keep occurring, there is hope.”    — Grant McCreary, The Birder’s Library

“The Great Penguin Rescue is a riveting account of one of the worst wildlife disasters in history. Dyan deNapoli relates her firsthand experiences with the cleanup efforts in exquisite detail that will capture readers’ heart and minds effortlessly. This book is a must-read for every bird lover, nature lover, and oil executive to learn not only how destructive a spill can be, but also how much love, compassion, and effort is needed to deal with the consequences.”   — Melissa Mayntz, Birding/Wild Birds on About.com

“In the wake of the BP disaster and its botched bird recovery, it’s gratifying to read Dyan deNapoli’s new book. The lesson: When the job is done right, birds can be saved and returned to the wild.”   — Chuck Hagner and Matt Mendenhall, Birder’s Magazine (selected as one of the “bird books we like” for 2010)

“DeNapoli’s new book gives a vivid, first-hand account of the days and weeks that followed a huge oil spill off of the South African Coast on June 23, 2000. Perhaps more importantly, her heart-warming book details the heroic efforts to save these endangered birds, and maybe event the species! Pick up this book when you need a warm glimmer of hope for our blue planet.”   — Emily Bauernfeind, Blue Magazine

“Any general interest and natural history collection will relish this book!” — Midwest Book Review

“DeNapoli was one of the experts who led thousands of volunteers in a desperate rush to save the birds after an oil spill off Cape Town, South Africa, steering the species back from the brink of disaster. Now she recounts the tale in The Great Penguin Rescue, a book that’s both exciting nature drama and big-picture penguin ecology primer.”   — Joel Brown, Boston Globe journalist, from the Globe article ‘To The Rescue’

“The Great Penguin Rescue vividly brings to life the environmental catastrophe that can follow an oil spill.”   — Tim Flannery, NYT bestselling author of The Weather Makers, review in The New York Review of Books

“DeNapoli’s firsthand account of the rescue of the oiled penguins plunges the reader into the maelstrom of animal rescue and rehabilitation on such a large scale.”   — Nancy Bent, Booklist

“With memories and images of the devastating impact of the Gulf oil spill fresh in our minds, this account of a massive oil spill off the coast of Africa will surely hit home.”    — Diane Makovsky, Fredericksburg.com

“DeNapoli writes emotionally of the toll the spill took, both on the penguins and the rescuers, who understood that time was limited to save a species.”   — Cape Cod Times

“It’s a heartbreaking yet inspiring story that details the efforts of over 12,000 volunteers from all around the world”   — Wiki Ezvid, 9 Works of Nonfiction That are Perfect for Animal Lovers