Lambert Davis

A boy standing with his father on the shore watches five Orca whales and imagines them talking underwater in their star-dance light while the bubbles bubble up.

Newbery Medalist Rylant joins naturalist painter Davis to create a vibrant picture book that follow the migratory journeys of some magnificent creatures such as locusts, gray whales, American silver eels, monarch butterflies, caribou, and terns.

Describes the behavior of the humpback whale, with an emphasis on the fact that it is a mammal and shares the characteristics of other mammals.

At a birthday celebration on the beach, Cora gives her grandmother a special gift and encourages her to make a trip back to her home country, Cape Verde.