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WhaleTimes Bibliography

Welcome to the WhaleTimes Bibliography. These are books we use or just love to read. Our experts have reviewed them for accuracy and quality of information. We feel these are some of the best books available. Please share this list with your library or local bookstore.

 

 

Books by Subject:

Birds

Birds of North America, Scott, Shirley (Editor), 1987 National Geographic Society, Washington, DC  (ISBN#: 0-87044-692-4).

Deep-sea

The Bioluminescence Coloring Book Widder, Edith, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Florida (ISBN#: 0-9659686-0-X)

Dolphins

Dolphin Doctor, Ridgway, Sam H. 1987. Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH (ISBN#: 0-89909-140-7).

Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, Harrison, Richard and John, Bryden, Michael 1988. Facts on File, New York (ISBN#: 0-8160-1977-0).

Whales and Dolphins (The Sierra Club Handbook), Leatherwood, Stephen, Reeves, Randall R. 1983. Sierra Club, San Francisco (ISBN#: 0-87156-340-1)

Dugongs and Manatees

Manatees and Dugongs, Reynolds, John E., Odell, Daniel K. 1991. Facts on File, Inc., New York (ISBN#: 0-8160-2436-7).

Fishes

Probably More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast, Love, Robin Milton 1991. Really Big Press, Santa Barbara

A Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes of North America (A Peterson's Field Guide), Eschmeyer, William N., 1983.  Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston,

Marine Mammals

The Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol 1-6, Ridgway, Sam H. ed.  Academic Press, San Diego

Marine Mammal Evolutionary Biology, Berta, Annalisa, Sumich, James L.  1999. Academic Press, San Diego (ISBN#: 0-12-093225-3).

Seals and Sirenians, Reeves, Randall R., Stewart, Brent S., Leatherwood, Stephen 1992. Sierra Club Bookstore, San Francisco (ISBN#: 0-87156-656-7).

Sea Otters

Seals and Sirenians, Reeves, Randall R., Stewart, Brent S., Leatherwood, Stephen 1992. Sierra Club, San Francisco (ISBN#: 0-87156-656-7).

Seals and Sea Lions

The Pinnipeds, Riedman, Marianne 1990. University of California Press, Berkeley

Seals and Sirenians, Reeves, Randall R., Stewart, Brent S., Leatherwood, Stephen 1992. Sierra Club, San Francisco (ISBN#: 0-87156-656-7).

Sharks

The Sharks of North American Waters, Castro, Jose I. 1983. Texas A & M Press, College Station (ISBN#: 0-89096-140-9).

Sharks, Stevens, John D. 1987. Facts on File, Inc., New York (ISBN#: 0-8160-1800-6).

Sharks, Skates and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes, Hamlett, William C. ed. 1999. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (ISBN#: 0-8018-6048-2).

Veterinarians

Dolphin Doctor, Ridgway, Sam H. 1987. Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH (ISBN#: 0-89909-140-7).

Walruses

Seals and Sirenians, Reeves, Randall R., Stewart, Brent S., Leatherwood, Stephen 1992, Sierra Club, San Francisco (ISBN#: 0-87156-656-7).

Whales

The Bowhead Whale, Burns, John J., Montague, J. Jerome, Cowles, Cleveland J., eds.  1993. Society for Marine Mammalogy (ISBN#: 0-935868-62.3)

Whales and Dolphins (The Sierra Club Handbook), Leatherwood, Stephen, Reeves, Randall R. 1983. Sierra Club, San Francisco (ISBN#: 0-87156-340-1)

 

Children's Books

 

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Thar She Blows! Whaling in the 1860s Kassirer, Sue, Soundprints, 1997.

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What if the Shark Wears Tennis Shoes? Morris, Winifred, Aladdin          Paperbooks, New York 1995.

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Punia and the King of Sharks Wardlaw, Lee, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York 1997.

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The Whale Comedian Burton, Martin Nelson, London Tour Press, 1999.

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If You Ever Meet a Whale, Livingston, Myra Cohn, Holiday House, New York 1992.

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The Whale Who Wanted to be Small, McBarnet, Gill, Ruwanga Trading, Puuene, Hawaii, 1985.

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The Eye of the Needle Stout, Teri, Puffin University Press, 1990.

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Antarctic Antics - A book of Penguin Poems Sierra, Judy, Gulliver Books/Harcourt Brace & Company, New York 1998.

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Little Polar Bear, DeBeer, Hans, North-South Books, Switzerland 1987.

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Ahoy There Little Polar Bear, DeBeer, Hans, North-South Books, Switzerland 1988.

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There's a Hippo in My Bath! Matsuoka, Kyoko, Doubleday, New York 1989.

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Dinosaur Beach Donnelly, Liza, Scholastic Inc., New York 1989.

Young Adults

Dolphin Doctor, Ridgway, Sam H. 1987. Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH (ISBN#: 0-89909-140-7).

Moby Dick, Adapted from Herman Melville's story by Drummond, Allan, Frances Foster Books, New York, NY (ISBN#0-374-34997-5).

Other cool books:

The Bioluminescence Coloring Book, Widder, Edith Ph.D. 1998. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida (ISBN#: 0-9659686-0-X).

 

Suggested Nature Magazines for Kids:

National Geographic Kids

Ranger Rick

 

 

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