A wonderful example of everyone benefiting from Carroll's good deed, in volunteering to help Winter! It was interesting to me that the project to help Winter ended up helping human amputees as well, through the special gel that Carroll invented, to make Winter's tail more comfortable. I'd just love to see Winter actually swim around with her amazing tail! I don't think I'd ever really considered prosthetics for injured and disabled animals before, so I found Winter's story quite informative, as well as heartwarming. I must be living under a rock, but until a goodreads friend reviewed Winter's Tail, I was unfamiliar with this story, and had no idea that a film had been made from it! Now that I am aware, I am quite keen to see Dolphin Tale, even though I understand that it takes some liberties with the facts of the case. When her tail, badly damaged in her ordeal, falls off, and Winter begins compensating by swimming in a manner that her trainers think will damage her spine, Kevin Carroll of Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics steps in, and offers to design a prosthetic tail. Injured when she becomes caught in the lines of a crab trap set in Florida's Mosquito Lagoon, a very young dolphin is rescued and brought to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where she is named Winter (due to the coldness of the season) and nursed back to health. Juliana, Isabella and Craig Hatkoff - the author team that produced Looking For Miza: The True Story of the Mountain Gorilla Family Who Rescued One of Their Own and Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World (Isabella and Craig also worked on Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship) - turn their attention to the story of Winter the tailless dolphin in this moving and informative picture-book. This is a little different than in the film and I think it's just one more beautiful example of how Winter touched so many people with her story.
Also interesting is that Kevin Carroll, of Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics contacted the Clearwater Marine Aquarium after he heard about Winter and, being an animal lover, he wanted to help her and create the prosthetic flipper for her.
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I had worried a bit about her not wearing it so much in the movie (for all the pre-prosthetic scenes), but it makes sense now. I was also interested and glad to learn that Winter does not wear her prosthetic tail at all times but only a few hours each day to help keep her muscles working properly. I was interested to learn that Winter was only a few months old when she was found (different from the movie since that was in 2005 and, obviously, the real Winter is much older now), making her story even more poignant and her survival even more remarkable.
But, Winter really was rescued by a fisherman in Florida and taken to be rehabilitated at Clearwater Marine Aquarium where the team and volunteers worked tirelessly to help her survive the trauma of her injuries, to regain her strength, and to swim again when her tail fell off. The cute kids and many of the other characters are made up for the movie. Still, if you saw the movie and enjoyed it, this book does a nice job of showing the TRUE "true story". (It should be noted that the book came out before the movie and does use photographs of Winter.) Though many characters and plot twists are fabricated in the film, the basic progress of Winter's story is true to life and the fact that Winter appears in the film herself and that we can see her swimming and interacting with others is just something that a book cannot replicate. But, it has nowhere near the emotional impact of the film and I highly recommend the film to those interested in Winter's story. I appreciate this book, suitable for young readers, about Winter's story. Winter and the people who helped her survive get five stars all the way!!!
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