whales

This . . . true story follows Paul Horn, a professional flute player who, with the help of a scientist studying the orcas, used music to communicate with two whales, setting in motion an entire anticaptivity movement dedicated to protecting these intelligent and majestic animals.

Engage your earliest readers with these nonfiction animal introductions! In Narwhals, emergent readers learn how narwhals live and swim in icy ocean waters. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers. Narwhals includes tools for caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, index, and review questions. Narwhals is part of Jump!'s My First Animal Books series.

"Why do belugas join pods to migrate? How do dolphins protect others in their pods? Why are pods important to some baby animals for survival? Discover the answers in this . . . book and learn about the many ways living in a pod helps animals survive"--Provided by publisher.

When Whale starts to worry, she has a hard time doing anything but worry more.

This definitely isn't a whale of a tale. Discover amazing, fascinating facts and more in this updated deep-dive into the biology of whales.

"Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand--to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad's death by suicide the previous year. The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid's tenacles and drawn into the whale's mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out-one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale"--Provided by publisher.

"Beginning readers will learn about gray whales as they swim in the ocean. Follow along as gray whales filter food from mud and migrate with their pod. . . . They are [also] introduced to gray whales' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat. A picture diagram labels a gray whale's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary"--Provided by publisher.

"Explores how whales help to maintain a healthy ocean and, by extension, a healthy and biodiverse planet"--OCLC.

After Grandpa dies, a girl and her mother take the trip he had planned for her, kayaking along the Pacific west coast to look for the whales that he loved. The trip will do them good, Mom says, but the girl isn't sure. How can that be true when Grandpa isn't there? And how will they find a whale in all that water, anyway? There is so much to see as they paddle through white-tipped waves and calm coves: glowing moon jellies, fluttering anemones and slippery seals. All the while, the girl watches for whales. Could one be swimming beneath their kayak or along the shore of their camp? Are the whales even there? Finally, in the dark of night, they hear them -- pushhhhhhhh, pushhhhhhh -- humpbacks breathing in the bay.

"Beginning readers will learn about humpback whales as they swim in the ocean . . . photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about humpbacks' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat. A picture diagram labels a humpback's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary"--Provided by publisher.