Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale

Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale PDF Author: Brenda Williams
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1782857591
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Book Description
Explore the ocean homes of 23 marine animals in this narrative nonfiction picture book, featuring 8 pages of fact-packed endnotes about wildlife, oceans about the world, clean energy and ocean conservation.

Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale

Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale PDF Author: Brenda Williams
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1782857591
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Book Description
Explore the ocean homes of 23 marine animals in this narrative nonfiction picture book, featuring 8 pages of fact-packed endnotes about wildlife, oceans about the world, clean energy and ocean conservation.

Home for a Tiger, Home for a Bear

Home for a Tiger, Home for a Bear PDF Author: Brenda Williams
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1905236816
Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Book Description
Readers will learn about the habitats of many animals as they travel around the world meeting all sorts of creatures in their natural environments.

Song for a Whale

Song for a Whale PDF Author: Lynne Kelly
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 152477023X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Book Description
In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the Schneider Family Book Award-winning story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him. From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very smart. If you've ever felt like no one was listening to you, then you know how hard that can be. When she learns about Blue 55, a real whale who is unable to speak to other whales, Iris understands how he must feel. Then she has an idea: she should invent a way to "sing" to him! But he's three thousand miles away. How will she play her song for him? Full of heart and poignancy, this affecting story by sign language interpreter Lynne Kelly shows how a little determination can make big waves. "Fascinating, brave, and tender...a triumph." --Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award-winning author of The One and Only Ivan

Singing Home the Whale

Singing Home the Whale PDF Author: Mandy Hager
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775536580
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Book Description
An award-winning and extraordinary story of a boy who protects a baby whale that locals believe is threatening their livelihood. Winner of the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015 Young Adult Category Winner New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015 Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Award 2015 Will Jackson is hiding out, a city boy reluctantly staying with his uncle in small town New Zealand while he struggles to recover from a brutal attack and the aftermath of a humiliating YouTube clip gone viral. After he discovers a young abandoned orca whale his life is further thrown into chaos, when he rallies to help protect it against hostile, threatening interests. This threatens to tear apart the small fishing community and forever changes Will’s life. The boy and the whale develop a special bond, linked by Will's love of singing. With echoes of classic book and film The whalerider this powerful connection is utterly convincing on the page. An exciting plot-driven story full of drama, tension and romance, this magical book captures both heart and mind to hold the reader enthralled from start to finish. These qualities, along with its lyrical use of language and its compelling and persuasive exploration of many global concerns, makes this a beautifully touching, rich and multi-layered story by an award-winning writer for young adults. Singing Home the Whale will appeal to all readers of high-quality New Zealand fiction.

Swimming Home

Swimming Home PDF Author: Susan Hand Shetterly
Publisher: Tilbury House Nature Book
ISBN: 9780884483540
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Illustrated with spectacular paintings, Swimming Home tells the compelling story of a school of alewives (river herring) as they return to their natal lake to spawn. But a newly built culvert blocks their way. Will this be the end of their journey?

Penguins at Home

Penguins at Home PDF Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395665604
Category : Gentoo penguin
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Book Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the timid gentoo penguin.

The Eye of the Whale: a Rescue Story (Tilbury House Nature Book)

The Eye of the Whale: a Rescue Story (Tilbury House Nature Book) PDF Author: Jennifer O'Connell
Publisher: Tilbury House Nature Book
ISBN: 9780884483953
Category : Humpback whale
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
On a cool December morning near San Francisco, a distress call was radioed to shore by a local fisherman. He had discovered a humpback whale tangled in hundreds of yards of crab-trap lines, struggling to stay afloat. A team of volunteers answered the call, and four divers risked their lives to rescue the enormous animal. It was the first successful whale disentanglement performed off the West Coast of the United States and prompted a rare and remarkable demonstration of animal behavior. This celebrated story, beautifully depicted in Jennifer O'Connells mesmerizing paintings, will make you wonder about animal emotions and the unique connections we can have with other animals, seven whales. To research The Eye of the Whale, Jennifer traveled to San Francisco where she met Captain Mick Menigoz and rode his rescue boat, Superfish, out into the Pacific Ocean to the area where the events in the book took place. This experience fueled her inspiration as she created the images and words of this extraordinary story.

Moon By Whale Light

Moon By Whale Light PDF Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030776334X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Book Description
In a rare blend of scientific fact and poetic truth, the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Senses explores the activities of whales, penguins, bats, and crocodilians, plunging headlong into nature and coming up with highly entertaining treasures.

The Breath of a Whale

The Breath of a Whale PDF Author: Leigh Calvez
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1632171872
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Book Description
An ode to marine life and the natural world, from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Owls This “intimate and spirited” essay collection “offers us the whale watch most of us can only dream of” as they reveal the elusive lives of whales in the Pacific Ocean—home to orcas, humpbacks, blue, gray, and sperm whales (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus). Leigh Calvez has spent a dozen years researching, observing, and probing the lives of the giants of the deep. Here, she relates the stories of nature's most remarkable creatures, including the familial orcas in the waters of Washington State and British Columbia; the migratory humpbacks; the ancient, deep-diving blue whales, the largest animals on the planet. The lives of these whales are conveyed through the work of dedicated researchers who have spent decades tracking them along their secretive routes that extend for thousands of miles, gleaning their habits and sounds and distinguishing peculiarities. Calvez author invites the reader onto a small research catamaran maneuvering among 100-foot long blue whales off the coast of California; or to join the task of monitoring patterns of humpback whale movements at the ocean surface: tail throw, flipper slap, fluke up, or blow. To experience whales is breathtaking. To understand their lives deepens our connection with the natural world.

Penguin Flies Home

Penguin Flies Home PDF Author: Lita Judge
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534414428
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Penguin mastered his quest to soar with the eagles in Flight School—now he’s heading home to teach his friends in this sweet and inspiring stand-alone companion story! Penguin loves everything about flying: the wind beneath his wings, the song that rises from his belly, and the sight of new and wonderful places. Still, he misses his penguin friends in the South Pole. So, he flips and flaps back home, ready to teach them the magic of flight! But when he arrives, his enthusiasm for flying doesn’t get quite the reaction he expected. Will Penguin’s friends still like him, even if they don’t share his soaring dreams?