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Describes how people watch whales and what they learn about their behavior.

Describes the changing relationship between whales and people, discussing how humans once hunted these air-breathing sea mammals and now work to save them from extinction.

Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, behavior, and different kinds of whales.

Simple poetic text describes the behavior of humpback whales and the birth of a baby humpback.

Alistair and Kip build a boat and soon find themselves sailing down the creek to the river to the bay and out to sea where a violent storm threathens to capsize them.

Full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe the seasonal journeys of whales, and examines their lives as they travel from the areas where they breed to areas better for finding food.

Tells the true story of Ibis, an inquisitive young humpback whale whose lack of fear gets her into a dangerous situation.

Transformed into a humpback whale, a child experiences life in the ocean among other whales.

In searching for the source of the special music he hears, Snowbear meets and befriends the whale Uugah Beluga, who teaches him to sing.

A boy's fish bowl and his hanging poster of a whale transform into an undersea dream in which he becomes a whale, playing in the ocean and encountering various plants and animals.

A history of the whaling industry in nineteenth-century America, providing an account of how whales were caught and processed, and including first-hand accounts from men who worked on whalers and the wives who accompanied them.

National Geographic photographer Charles "Flip" Nicklin reflects on his career photographing whales in their natural habitats, discusses his work to protect whales, and shares a selection of his photographs.

Discusses the natural life of whales and human excursions in boats to watch them in their own habitat.

Tony joins in a dangerous mission to roll several stranded whales back into the sea.

Text and illustrations provide young readers with information about the lives and habits of whales and dolphins.