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Entries Tagged as 'Marine Mammals'

The Secret World of Whales

May 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN They’re magnificent and majestic, generally easy going and easily taken advantage of. As large and as intimidating as they once were, whales have come a long way in our cultural and societal portrayals and understandings. As main characters of legend, myth and tall tales across the globe, whales were mistaken [...]

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Aquaman: Deepwater Disaster

May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Earlier this year I reviewed Wonder Woman: Rumble in the Rainforest and this next book is in the same DC Super Heroes style, perfect for any fan of fast-paced, action-packed adventure with an environmental twist. Aquaman, also known as the Sea King, is delivering a few seafaring men to shore [...]

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One Nighttime Sea

April 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By ROBYN MOORE What a wonderful book, packed with so much! One Nighttime Sea is a book about discovering the many creatures who lurk in the sea at night—while we sleep (which makes it a perfect bedtime story). As we count up from one to 10 and back down again, we learn that there [...]

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Ocean Babies

March 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL When I saw Hiroe Nakata was the illustrator of this book, I got excited because my daughter and I had long ago fallen in love with her work in Dashka Slater’s Baby Shoes and Jane Yolen’s Time for Naps.  Nakata consistently delivers with her distinctively loose and energetic illustrations in Deborah [...]

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