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Once a Whale Lived Here

A Journey Through 20,000 Years of Geological Change

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By Amy Huntington

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On Sale
Jan 19, 2027
Page Count
32 pages
Publisher
Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN-13
9798897080434

Price

$17.99

Price

$23.99 CAD

Format

Hardcover

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How could a whale have once swum in a place where there is no ocean? And what are the clues that tell us about it? This creatively illustrated picture book tells the story of the incredible ways a landscape can change dramatically over time. 

Twenty thousand years ago, a glacial ice sheet covered much of northern North America. “But where does the whale come in?” the boy in the story wants to know. Once a Whale Lived Here is the tale of what happened after the ice melted. It’s a story about a huge, meltwater lake that turned hilltops into islands. It’s about a tundra that formed where plants hadn’t grown for thousands of years and an inland sea that was home to belugas and seals. It’s about animals like woolly mammoths, mastodons, and people who hunted them, too. Based on the late Pleistocene epoch in northeastern North America, Once a Whale Lived Here is a wonder-inspiring peek into geologic history.

Genre:

  • Children's Books
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Science & Nature
  • Fossils

Amy Huntington is an author, illustrator, and recipient of the 2017 Institute for Child Success Focus Fellowship. She has authored and illustrated several children's books including Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection How to Make a Mountain, Look and Listen from the Let's Go Out series, and many others. She lives and works in Williston, Vermont.

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Amy Huntington

About the Author

Amy Huntington is an author, illustrator, and recipient of the 2017 Institute for Child Success Focus Fellowship. She has authored and illustrated several children’s books including Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection How to Make a Mountain, Look and Listen from the Let’s Go Out series, and many others. She lives and works in Williston, Vermont.

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