The Little Book of Whales (Little Books of Nature)

This perfect and informative little book is part of a series on eight fascinating subjects. These are the type of books that one can look through time and time again and still learn new facts and information. They are published by Princeton, which should give an imprimatur of some sort. All the volumes feature beautiful illustrations, photographs, tables, and graphics, which draw the reader into engaging with the subjects.

The author, Annalisa Berta, is professor emerita of biology at San Diego State University. She is a specialist in the anatomy and evolutionary biology of marine mammals, especially baleen whales. She is the author of Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals and the editor of the award-winning Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: A Natural History and Species Guide.

Whether learning about the mating habits bowhead whales or learning about their intelligence, this is fascinating stuff which engages the reader and brings us closer to the natural world.