Each January, the gray whales arrive in the lagoon near the home of ten-year-old Adelina Mayoral, who lives near Laguna San Ignacio in Mexico. This beautiful photo-essay captures the interaction between the whales and Adelina. We also learn important background about threats to this nursery lagoon from industrial saltworks.

In her 50 years, Old Gray has traveled a distance equal to going to the moon and home again. What's in store for her baby, about to make his first migration? This timless picture book is for all ages, a fact-filled picture book and gripping tale about the life cycle of the gray whale.

What does it mean to migrate? Detailed photographs and simple text guide primary readers to discover which animals migrate and why they migrate. Includes gray whales, and many other species.

Photos and illustrations accompany this story written to get children interested in nature, and adults will enjoy it too.

A marine naturalist writes about whale natural history and what we can learn from the human/whale interactions that take place in the lagoons of Mexico.

Accounts the history and culture of the whale fishery as humans first nearly decimated and then protected the gray whale. Guides readers to a consciousness of the importance of the gray whale's struggle and survival in modern civilization. Middle and Upper grades and adults.