The Whale Who Swam Through Time: A Two-Hundred-Year Journey in the Arctic
This sweeping nonfiction picture book The Whale Who Swam Through Time explores the 200-year lifespan of a bowhead whale and the changing environment that surrounds her.
Almost 200 years ago . . .
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Nick Pyenson is the curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. His work has taken him to every continent, and his scientific discoveries frequently appear in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Popular Mechanics, USA Today, on NPR, NBC, CBC, and the BBC. Along with the highest research awards from the Smithsonian, he has also received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the Obama White House. He lives with his family in Maryland.
Alex Boersma is a Canadian scientific illustrator living in Chicago. After studying geology and studio art at Vassar College in New York, Alex worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, conducting research on whale evolution in the Pyenson Lab, Paleobiology department. Articles on her research have appeared in the New York Times, BBC News, Nature, and the Washington Post. As an independent scientific illustrator, her clients have included the American Museum of Natural History, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Stanford University, and Duke University Marine Lab."Narrative nonfiction at its best, helping readers understand the impact of global warming or even simply wildlife from a unique perspective." --School Library Journal
"An excellent nonfiction picture book about a unique and beautiful creature and the dangers climate change is bringing." --Booklist "A fine introduction for whale aficionados and a clarion call for climate change awareness." --Kirkus"[T]ouching and informative..." --Horn Book Magazine "[A] reverent fictional tale of a bowhead whale, spans two centuries, centering the world's longest-living mammal while focusing attention on environmental changes that threaten it and other species." --Publishers Weekly
