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Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Using a highly visual approach and a "slow build" of concepts, Whales To the Rescue explores how whales help to maintain a healthy ocean and, by extension, a healthy and biodiverse planet. Whales are ecosystems engineers -- animals that create, modify or maintain a habitat or ecosystem. In its lifetime, a whale can improve our planet's health by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide, one of the most abundant greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere. How?...
4) Whales
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about the amazing world of whales, and follow their lives from calf to adult. You'll be an expert in no time!"--
Author
Publisher
Little Gestalten
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the biggest animal on Earth, the blue whale, only eats some of the smallest creatures in the ocean? That humpback whales sing underwater songs with lots of verses? Or that orcas can live with their families for their whole lives and bowhead whales can live for more than 200 years? The World of Whales explores the special characteristics and reveals mind-blowing facts about these fantastic animals. Join our sub-aquatic expedition...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explores what makes whales different from all other underwater creatures. It shows how whales have evolved over millions of years, discusses their daily lives, puts the massive size of these creatures into perspective, and explains how to the difference between ten different types of whales. -- adapted from inside flap.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"The is a gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book about the blue whale. It is full of relatable facts from every day life that help to make the size and habits of the blue whale easily comprehensible and engaging."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Many mammals are unique, especially when it comes to what's going on inside their bodies. Kangaroos, bats, elephants, and other mammals each have special internal body parts that help them function every day. This book gives readers a look at these animals' interesting insides. Colorful diagrams, paired with simple labels and descriptions of the animal's key components, provide a unique and accessible take on important life science curricula. Curious...
10) Jonah's whale
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A contented whale one day sees a ship tossed on the waves by a storm and obeys God's command to save a drowning man by swallowing him.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #33: Narwhal on a Sunny Night, they had lots of questions. What is a narwhal? Why is it nicknamed the unicorn of the sea? What other whales live in the arctic? How do they survive the cold? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about narwhals and other whales. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits...
Author
Publisher
Red Deer Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Big Blue Forever is inspired by the true story of how a blue whale skeleton found on a remote beach in PEI was shipped cross country and reassembled for permanent display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. This unique Canadian adventure story is complemented with intriguing facts about blue whales and their environment, and the fascinating process that museums go through to uncover, prepare, and reassemble skeletons for display and study." -- Publisher...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Follow researcher Carl Safina as he treks with a herd of elephants across the Kenyan landscape, then travel with him to the Pacific Northwest to track and monitor whales in their ocean home. Along the way, find out more about the interior lives of these giants of land and sea--how they play, how they fight, and how they communicate with one another, and sometimes with us, too. Weaving decades of field research with exciting new discoveries about...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a whale passes away, its body sinks to the ocean floor and becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea"--
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