Review: Great book for kids and adults
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
This is a great book filled with interesting facts about whales and fantastic pictures! You'll learn so much about whales: why they are mammals rather than fish; their size ranges; what they eat; the two types of whales, with great pictures and descriptions of each; their life cycle; how they play and sleep; and their whale song. The speed at which these whale songs travel is four times as fast in the ocean as on the ocean's surface, and a whale song can last as long as a half hour. Of the various forms of play, my favorite was spyhopping--I like the name and am amazed that a whale can "stand" up in the water with half of its body above water for several minutes at a time. I've always thought it would be fun to go whale watching, and now I'm even more interested in doing so.