When Whales Cross the Sea: The Gray Whale Migration

By Sharon Katz Cooper and Tom Leonard

Invite readers to swim alongside a gray whale as she heads south on the longest migration journey of any mammal on Earth. When Whales Cross the Sea enchants readers with a story-like narrative while subtly teaching the role of migration in the whale's life cycle. Includes a "fast facts" page, a glossary, and realistic, text-match illustrations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Jan 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781479582204

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Reviews for When Whales Cross the Sea

[redhead.with.book · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What a gorgeous book! Beautiful illustrations. I read this as an e-book and would love to see the print version. When Whales Cross the Sea teaches children the habits of gray whales who must migrate between 5,000 and 7,000 miles from their summer to winter home.

Although this book is written for young children, I personally learned facts about whales that I never knew before, such as gray whales can live up to 60 years old and have two blow holes. The easy-to-read paragraphs are informative and written in a friendly manner that encourage out-loud book reading. There is a section at the end entitled "Gray whale fast facts".

A must have for every school and kindergarden library.

[katsmiao · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book gives some great information, dispersed in small chunks, and illustrated beautifully. It's educational and I bet every kid will love to learn about these giants of the ocean.

[mishker-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

When Whales Cross the Sea is an informative children's science picture book about the migration of grey whales. Information is chunked into nice sections along with colorful but life-like pictures. I read this to a group of 5-8 year old children. They loved the facts about how much a whale ate and how much a baby whale weighed. There was also enough of a story line along with the facts to keep them interested the whole way through. I liked all the information about habitats, food chains and why the whales migrate.This book was received for free in return for an honest review.