cover image A SYMPHONY OF WHALES

A SYMPHONY OF WHALES

Steve Schuch, , illus. by Peter Sylvada. . Harcourt/Voyager, $6 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216548-2

During the winter of 1984–1985, nearly 3,000 beluga whales were trapped in Siberia—and saved by the bravery and persistence of villagers and the crew of a passing icebreaker. The author casts a child as heroine in what PW called a "tender and moving" story. Ages 6-9. (Oct.)