Once a Whale Lived Here: A Journey Through 20,000 Years of Geological Change

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 ...