"Ka-splash! "Head to the river, where a frolicsome bunch of otters plays all year round in a nonfiction story sprinkled with facts and loaded with fun.-- It's spring, and a litter of baby river otters emerges from a den ... to play! Follow the otters through the seasons as they chase one another, slide down a mudbank, jump in a pile of leaves, and learn to swim. Even while catching fish for their dinner or grooming themselves in the snow, otters...

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to river otters. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

Discusses the near extinction, return, and future of river otters.

Provides information about otters through a look at a litter of pups born at the Saint Louis Zoo, examining their early lives, how they learn to swim, their parents, and other otter characteristics and behaviors; and discusses how zoos can help prevent otter extinction.