Christina Booth

A sensitive, lyrical, warmly illustrated story that imagines without anthropomorphizing a whale's emotions. A young boy dreams of Right Whales and has nightmares of the atrocities committed against them in the past. His bravery, grief and communication with a female whale leads to forgiveness and the return of the whales to his community. A beautiful melding of fact and spirituality, appropriate for children, and hopeful for all ages. Includes facts about the three species of right whales and actions to help our whale neighbors. And though this book is about Right Whales, it applies to all species of whale that have long been persecuted by humans.… (mais)