whales

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whales

Moby-Dick

2007
Captain Ahab's determination to find and kill the great white whale becomes an obsession driving him to disaster.

A whale of a tale!

2006
The Cat in the Hat and friends take to the high seas to learn about whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

Joshua disobeys

1988
When Joshua, a baby whale, disobeys his mother and swims too close to shore to visit with a friendly human boy, he becomes stranded on the beach. Includes factual information about whales in a separate section in the back of the book.

Isabel of the whales

2006
On a whale watch trip with her class off the coast of Cape Cod, Isabel, who has always had an affinity for whales, falls overboard and discovers as she finds herself swimming underwater with whales all around her that she is one of the Chosen who can change shape from human to whale and back again.

Moby Dick (Great Illustrated Classics)

2002
An adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel about the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that crippled him.

The life cycle of a whale

2002
Describes the physical characteristics, eating habits, behavior, and migration patterns of humpback whales, large marine mammals that are now an endangered species.

Why are whales vanishing?

1992
Discusses how modern whale hunting methods have caused many species of whales to become endangered and what can be done to help protect the whales.

Killer whales

1995
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, food habits, and defense mechanisms of this mammal, which is the largest member of the dolphin family.

Blue whales

1995
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, food habits, and defense mechanisms of this broad-bodied, migrating mammal.

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