Author: Rita Ritchie
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub
ISBN: 9780836815597
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Text and photographs introduce some of the thirty-nine different kinds of dolphins.

Author: Nicola Davies
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536221589
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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"A wonderful immersion into the baby dolphin’s world." — Booklist Pop! Tail first, head last, Dolphin is born into the blue. Readers are invited to join the baby calf as he follows his mother and discovers all there is to know about life under the sea, from catching his first fish to learning how to say his name with his very own whistle. Nicola Davies’s lyrical narrative and intriguing facts are accompanied by Brita Granström’s colorful illustrations, pulsing with the energy and movement of dolphins in their natural habitat. Back matter includes a note about dolphins and an index.

Author: Caroline Bingham
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789496133
Category : Cetacea
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A brief introduction to the physical characteristics and behavior of various marine mammals, particularly whales and dolphins.

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ISBN: 9781681881218
Category : Dolphins
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Lambert Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439678476
Category : Dolphins
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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A young girl and her mother go to the beach, wait for the dolphins to arrive, then swim, glide, laugh, and swim with them until it is time to go home. Includes facts about dolphins and their encounters with people.

Author: Susan Casey
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 038553731X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by a profound experience swimming with wild dolphins off the coast of Maui, the bestselling author of The Wave set out on a quest to learn everything she could about dolphins—the other intelligent life on the planet. “Part science, part memoir, part impassioned plea for change.” —People Susan Casey’s journey takes her from a community in Hawaii known as “Dolphinville,” where the animals are seen as the key to spiritual enlightenment, to the dark side of the human-cetacean relationship at marine parks and dolphin-hunting grounds in Japan and the Solomon Islands, to the island of Crete, where the Minoan civilization lived in harmony with dolphins, providing a millennia-old example of a more enlightened coexistence with the natural world. Along the way, Casey recounts the history of dolphin research and introduces us to the leading marine scientists and activists who have made it their life’s work to increase humans’ understanding and appreciation of the wonder of dolphins.

Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395069629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195

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Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

Author: Pierre-Yves Bely
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 1574092405
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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Do Dolphins Ever Sleep? covers some 200 highly interesting topics, some with the most astonishing answers to questions you probably wondered about or perhaps never thought of.

Author: Scott Taylor
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583940715
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 381

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Dolphins have long been attributed with intelligence, but do they have souls? Self-awareness? Compassion? Scott Taylor, Director of the Cetacean Studies Institute, investigates the history, mythology, and science surrounding these creatures and emerges with a resounding yes. And not only do whales and dolphins merit our attention and respect in their own right: they are an index to what our future as a species can be. In this multi-faceted cetology compendium, Taylor surveys the portrayal of dolphins and whales in works of literature as disparate as Moby Dick and Sumerian legend, examines biologist John Lilly's research on interspecies communication, and explores the benefits of dolphin-assisted swimming therapy for disabled children and adults. Looking at the world from the perspective of one of these "souls in the sea," Taylor suggests that cetaceans are an ideal bridge between humanity and nature. Poetically written and thoughtfully illustrated with photos and drawings, Souls in the Sea is a comprehensive celebration of the biology, history, and mystique of dolphins and whales.

Author: John E. Reynolds, III
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047668
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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The Bottlenose Dolphin presents for the first time a comprehensive, colorfully illustrated, and concise overview of a species that has fascinated humans for at least 3,000 years. After reviewing historical myths and legends of the dolphin back to the ancient Greeks and discussing current human attitudes and interactions, the author replaces myths with facts--up-to-date scientific assessment of dolphin evolution, behavior, ecology, morphology, reproduction, and genetics--while also tackling the difficult issues of dolphin conservation and management. Although comprehensive enough to be of great value to professionals, educators, and students, the book is written in a manner that all dolphin lovers will enjoy. Randall Wells’s anecdotes interspersed throughout the work offer a first-hand view of dolphin encounters and research based on three decades working with them. Color photographs and nearly 100 black and white illustrations, including many by National Geographic photographer Flip Nicklin, beautifully enhance the text.