RELATED LINKS AND BOOKS

LINKS

Adopt a whale (http://www.killerwhale.org/)
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre: B.C. Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program

All about whales! (http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/whales/)
This site is packed with fun, colourful information about whales and marine mammals.

OceanLink (http://oceanlink.island.net/)
An interactive information page for the marine sciences. Includes great features like "Ask a Marine Scientist" and "OceanInfo".

Whale Net (http://whale.wheelock.edu/)
An educational web site which focuses on whales and marine research.

Whale Times (http://www.whaletimes.org/)
This site will take you on an ocean adventure. It has great activities and information on all your favorite marine mammals and more.

Whales, Dolphins and other Cetaceans (http://perso.club-internet.fr/cpaubert/)
This site contains some great photos of whales and tails.

Books

Behrens, J. 1978. Whale Watch. Golden Gate Junior Book. Chicago: Children's Press.
Good for children grades K-2

Behrens, J. 1987. Whales of the World. Chicago: Children's Press.
Good for children grades K-3

Giambarba, P. 1967. Whales, Whaling and Whalecraft. Centerville, Mass., Scrimshaw Publishing Co.

Holling H.C. 1948. Seabird. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston; The Riverside Press Cambridge. A story of whaling from the days of sailing ships to the modern era from the perspective of a boy on a whaling ship.

Hoyt, E. 1991. Meeting the whales: The Equinox Guide to Giants of the Deep. Camden House Publishers / Firefly Books
Information on whale legends, biology, evolution and whaling.

Phelon, J. 1969. The Whale Hunters in Pictures. Time Life Books: New York

Wolpert, T. 1990. Whales for kids. Minocqua, Wisconsin: Northwood Press Inc.