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Whale Trails: Before and Now
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrator: G. Brian Karas
Ages: 6+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-8050-9642-2
Keywords: Science, Animals
A whale-watching trip from Cape Cod today is juxtaposed with the history of the lucrative whaling industry's expeditions in the 18th and 19th centuries. Gouache, acrylic and pencil illustrations. Includes back matter.