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<b>Finalist for the 2004 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award in the Non-fiction, Environment & Ecology category</b><br> <br> In coastal villages along the St. Lawrence River, gentle breezes signal the coming of spring – and the arrival of the first whales.<br> <br> Evelyne Daigle, respected biologist and educator, explores the mysteries of the St. Lawrence River and the whales that migrate there annually.<br> <br> <b>Did you know that<br></b>•Whales descend from a hairy doglike land mammal?<br> •More than a dozen different species of whale migrate to the St. Lawrence each year?<br> •In the early 1900s, there were over 5,000 beluga whales in the St. Lawrence? Today they number between 700 and 1,200 and are on the endangered species list.<br> <br> Detailed illustrations by well-known wildlife artist Daniel Grenier and informative sidebars round out this fascinating look at some of the world’s most mysterious creatures.