Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
Fourteen-year-old Alex's life is in ruins. Her family ripped apart by tragedy, she is stuck on Brier Island for the summer with her aunt. Slowly, she learns to appreciate the island, and forms a special bond with Daredevil, a baby whale..
Thrown from his canoe during an ocean storm, a young Native American boy is washed ashore under a strange sky near a village inhabited by very large people who make him very welcome.
Grades K-4, 28 mins. A journey to the habitat of the endangered whale. Scientists and conservationists are trying to save the whale and to learn as much as possible about these marine mammals and their behavior.
The marine biologist shares the experiences that drove her into her field, from watching Jacques Cousteau film to catching her first glimpse of a wild dolphin, and describes the challenges and joys of her work.
Captain Casket rescues young Dido Twite from a watery grave off the coast of England while chasing the pink whale. She is brought to Nantucket but longs to return to her homeland.
