Titles too good to miss: We welcome your suggestions to add to the list!
| Adelina's Whales | |
| By Richard Sobol. Dutton Children's Books, 2003. | |
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. |
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| Pipaluk and the Whales | |
| By John Himmelman. Natonal Geographic Society, 2002 | |
| Nothing worked to save thousands of beluga whales trapped in a narrow opening in the Arctic ice until a young girl named Pipaluk had an idea. This touching picture book includes author's notes at the end of the book that tell of the true events that inspired this story. |  |
| Whale Journey | |
| By Vivian French. Zero to Ten Limited, 1998. | |
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. |
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| Migration | |
| By Robin Nelson. Lerner Publishing, 2011. | |
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. |
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| Life Cycle of the Pacific Gray Whale | |
| By John Klobas | |
Photos and illustrations accompany this story written to get children interested in nature, and adults will enjoy it too. |
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| Whales: Touching the Mystery | |
| By Doug Thompson. NewSage Press, 2006. | |
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. |
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| Eye of the Whale | |
| By Dick Russell. Simon and Schuster, 2001. | |
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. |
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