Whales to the Rescue
How Whales Help Engineer the Planet
$38.72
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2022
Summary
It’s not just humans combating global warming. Meet one of Earth’s “ecosystem engineers”!
In this fascinating and unique book, a marine biologist reveals how whales are “ecosystem engineers” – animals that create, modify, or maintain a habitat or ecosystem. Whales do this by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They store loads of carbon in their bodies for decades, even centuries; when they die, they sink to the ocean floor, taking their carbon with them. Whales a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781525305375 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1525305379 |
| Author: | Adrienne Mason, Kim Smith |
| Publisher: | Kids Can Press |
| Imprint: | Kids Can Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 287mm x 224mm |
| Series: | Ecosystem Guardians |
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Critics Review
Sure to be a welcome addition to school libraries and classrooms, this is an appealing and well-written title on a popular subject.– School Library Journal
… a great non-fiction book to add to your Junior-Intermediate science book collection.–ETFO VoiceDefinitely not the usual fare insofar as books on whales go, Whales to the Rescue is well worthy of purchase.–CM Magazine“Makes a whale of a case for the importance of cetaceans.”–Kirkus ReviewsSure to be a welcome addition to school libraries and classrooms, this is an appealing and well-written title on a popular subject.–School Library JournalClear, comprehensive, and thoroughly accessible.–Kirkus Reviews, starred review (Praise for Bringing Back the Wolves)Tailor-made for classroom units on biodiversity, and fun to explore as well.–Booklist (Praise for Bringing Back the Wolves)This fascinating story is sure to captivate young conservationists.–School Library Journal (Praise for Bringing Back the Wolves)
About The Author
Adrienne Mason
Adrienne Mason is a biologist and the author of more than thirty books for children, many about our planet and its animals. She is the author of Planet Ark and the Primary Physical Science series, as well as an editor at Hakai Magazine, a publication devoted to marine and coastal science. Adrienne lives in Tofino, British Columbia, near the Pacific Ocean.
Kim Smith has illustrated many books for children and has also created illustrations for video games, apps, magazines, apparel and more. She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, with her husband and their dog, Whisky.
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