Trapped! A Whale's Rescue

Trapped! A Whale's Rescue PDF Author: Robert Burleigh
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 158089559X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
A giant whale trapped in nets and ropes. Can she be helped? A humpback whale migrating south along the California coast becomes tangled in a fishing trawler’s ropes and nets. As she struggles to free herself, the ropes twist more tightly around her body, digging into her skin. The whale fights until she is too tired to continue. What happens next will astound and inspire. Based on true events, this is a story of interspecies cooperation and the importance of human responsibility to protect the earth and its many inhabitants. Wendell Minor’s breathtaking paintings illustrate the majesty of the gentle humpback whale in her blue-green undersea world and the amazing efforts of humans—creatures a mere fraction of her size—who risked their lives to save her. Back matter includes the story behind the story, further information about humpback whales, and facts about whale rescue efforts

Trapped! A Whale's Rescue

Trapped! A Whale's Rescue PDF Author: Robert Burleigh
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 158089559X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
A giant whale trapped in nets and ropes. Can she be helped? A humpback whale migrating south along the California coast becomes tangled in a fishing trawler’s ropes and nets. As she struggles to free herself, the ropes twist more tightly around her body, digging into her skin. The whale fights until she is too tired to continue. What happens next will astound and inspire. Based on true events, this is a story of interspecies cooperation and the importance of human responsibility to protect the earth and its many inhabitants. Wendell Minor’s breathtaking paintings illustrate the majesty of the gentle humpback whale in her blue-green undersea world and the amazing efforts of humans—creatures a mere fraction of her size—who risked their lives to save her. Back matter includes the story behind the story, further information about humpback whales, and facts about whale rescue efforts

A Symphony of Whales

A Symphony of Whales PDF Author: Steve Schuch
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152165482
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
Glashka can understand whale song--but with that mysterious power comes great responsibility. When she discovers thousands of whales trapped in a rapidly freezing inlet, she knows it is up to her to gather the people of her town to help them. Based on an actual event, this inspiring story follows Glashka and her people as they come to understand the importance of all life. Full-color illustrations.

Delta & Dawn

Delta & Dawn PDF Author: Stephanie Cruz
Publisher: Big Tomato Press
ISBN: 0979123321
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Book Description
A mother and baby humpback whale stray from the ocean into San Francisco Bay, up the Sacramento River, and with help from friendly humans find their way home again.

Save the Whales Please

Save the Whales Please PDF Author: Konrad Karl Gatien
Publisher: Kunati
ISBN: 9781601641656
Category : Blue whale
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
"A rescue adventure in which eco-warriors, led by the US First Lady, commandeer a pirate whaling vessel to shepherd a herd of endangered blue whales from the Arctic Ocean to the safety of the Antarctic, pursued the entire way by illegal Japanese whalers"--Provided by publisher.

Whale Rescue

Whale Rescue PDF Author: Sue Mongredien
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780794550653
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
"The whales are missing from the Undersea Kingdom so Molly and her mermaid friend, Leila, set out to find them. But the Dark Queen's monsters capture Leila. Can Molly use the magical powers in her necklace to rescue Leila and save the whales?" -- page [4] of cover.

Big Blue

Big Blue PDF Author: Shelley Gill
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 1607341700
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Kye knows everything there is to know about whales, and dreams of swimming with a blue whale. When she travels to Mexico with her mother, Kye is closer to her goal than ever. Will her wish of swimming with Big Blue come true?

Big Miracle

Big Miracle PDF Author: Tom Rose
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447213092
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 409

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Book Description
In October 1988 an Inuit hunter saw three grey whales trapped in the frozen Arctic ocean near Barrow, an isolated Alaskan outpost. They were working together to keep their blow hole open, the two adolescents caring for the weaker baby. It was a poignant sight. Filmed by a local television reporter, this tiny regional news story snowballed into a global media frenzy. In this gripping, insightful book Tom Rose describes how journalists poured into Barrow, all woefully ill equipped for the sub-zero temperatures, warming up on bootleg alcohol. As the locals cheerfully found ways to profit from the visitors, Greenpeace activist Cindy Lowry battled to mount an extraordinary rescue operation that would unite conservationists and oil companies, the Inuit and the military, President Reagan and the Kremlin. 'At times a marvelously funny story . . . Beneath the heartwarming aspect of the rescue are darker tales of human greed, and about the power television has acquired to set the agenda of the news' Washington Post 'Few novels could match the characters, plot and dramatic tension' Chicago Tribune

Trapped in Ice

Trapped in Ice PDF Author: Martin W. Sandler
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 043974363X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Book Description
Tells the story of survival of the crew members of a group of whaling ships that became trapped in ice in the Arctic in 1871.

Three Whales Who Won the Heart of the World

Three Whales Who Won the Heart of the World PDF Author: Suzanne Kita
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780896102880
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Book Description
The story of three whales and a Hawaiian girl and a Yupik Eskimo boy who love them. When the whales are trapped under the ice of the Arctic Ocean, people and nations come together to save them.

Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface PDF Author: John Hargrove
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466878819
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Book Description
*Now a New York Times Best Seller* Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were killed by orcas in marine parks, Hargrove decided that SeaWorld's wildly popular programs were both detrimental to the whales and ultimately unsafe for trainers. After leaving SeaWorld, Hargrove became one of the stars of the controversial documentary Blackfish. The outcry over the treatment of SeaWorld's orca has now expanded beyond the outlines sketched by the award-winning documentary, with Hargrove contributing his expertise to an advocacy movement that is convincing both federal and state governments to act. In Beneath the Surface, Hargrove paints a compelling portrait of these highly intelligent and social creatures, including his favorite whales Takara and her mother Kasatka, two of the most dominant orcas in SeaWorld. And he includes vibrant descriptions of the lives of orcas in the wild, contrasting their freedom in the ocean with their lives in SeaWorld. Hargrove's journey is one that humanity has just begun to take-toward the realization that the relationship between the human and animal worlds must be radically rethought.