Whales (Hardcover, Turtleback School & Library ed.)

Fascinating descriptive text accompanies vivid full-page, full-color photos on every page of these handsome books. Children get action profiles of the earth's greatest ocean creatures. These fact-filled volumes are fine introductions to nature studies, and their wealth of dramatic photos brilliantly evoke our planet's oceans and the fascinating creatures that live in the sea.

These legendary creatures include the largest of all the earth's living animals. Baleen whales, humpbacks, right whales, sperm whales, narwhals, belugas, and others are vividly described. The whale's body features and whale "talk" are explained. Also featured is a brief history of whaling, and a short essay on the future for whales.