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A book about whales / Andrea Antinori.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019Copyright date: ©2016Description: 60 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781419735028
  • 1419735020
Uniform titles:
  • Libro sulle balene. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Aren't they fish? -- A good imitator -- Baleen or toothed? -- A long time ago -- Nowadays -- Who is biggest? -- Water in the mouth -- A constant mouthful -- Enjoy your meal -- Upturned nose -- Watch out for splashes -- Born acrobats -- Top qualities -- Around the world -- Alone or in good company -- Giants since childhood -- Special partnerships -- And humans? -- One by one.
Summary: Explores what makes whales different from all other underwater creatures. It shows how whales have evolved over millions of years, discusses their daily lives, puts the massive size of these creatures into perspective, and explains how to the difference between ten different types of whales. -- adapted from inside flap.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 599.5 A631 Available 33111009358264
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 599.5 A631 Available 33111009163722
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 599.5 A631 Available 33111008236552
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Acting as a first book of whales,A Book About Whalesteaches young readers everything they need to know about the largest mammals on earth: how they have evolved over millions of years, what and how they eat, their migration patterns, and more! Andrea Antinori's whimsical black-and-white illustrations bring their underwater world to life. The book discusses a variety of whales one by one so readers learn to tell the differences between a blue whale and a humpback whale, among others, and what makes each of these whales unique. Packed with facts and playful in tone, this book is a must-have for young and curious nature lovers. It includes a bibliography and index.

"Un libro sulle balene, 1st edition, Maurizio Corraini srl, 2016. Originally published in 2016 by Arti Grafiche Castello, Viadana, Mantua, Italy."

Includes bibliographical references (page 58) and index.

Aren't they fish? -- A good imitator -- Baleen or toothed? -- A long time ago -- Nowadays -- Who is biggest? -- Water in the mouth -- A constant mouthful -- Enjoy your meal -- Upturned nose -- Watch out for splashes -- Born acrobats -- Top qualities -- Around the world -- Alone or in good company -- Giants since childhood -- Special partnerships -- And humans? -- One by one.

Explores what makes whales different from all other underwater creatures. It shows how whales have evolved over millions of years, discusses their daily lives, puts the massive size of these creatures into perspective, and explains how to the difference between ten different types of whales. -- adapted from inside flap.

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