Look,
a Dolphin!
by Tessa Kenan
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readers in thinking critically about the topic and in using the text and photos to do so.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kenan, Tessa, author.
Title: Look, a dolphin! / by Tessa Kenan.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2017] | Series: Bumba booksI see ocean animals | Audience:
Age 48. | Audience: K to Grade 3. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016001242 (print) | LCCN 2016003140 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512414240 (lb : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781512415155 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512415162 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: DolphinsJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL737.C432 K45 2017 (print) | LCC QL737.C432 (ebook) | DDC 599.53dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016001242
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Table of
Contents
Playful
Dolphins
Dolphins are ocean animals.
They live in oceans around
the world.
Most dolphins are gray.
They have two flippers.
Their tails are called flukes.
They use their flukes to swim.
Dolphins cannot breathe
underwater.
They come to the surface for air.
A blowhole is on top of the head.
Dolphins use it to breathe in air.
Why do
you think the
blowhole is on
the top of
the head?
Dolphins play.
They leap out of
the water.
They swim in the waves.
Many dolphins live together.
Their group is called a pod.
Dolphins in a pod swim together.
Why do you
think dolphins
live in a pod?
A pod hunts together too.
Dolphins catch fish.
They also catch squid.
Why might
hunting in a group
be better than
hunting alone?
Dolphins click and whistle.
The sound hits their food.
Then the sound bounces back to
the dolphins.
It tells the dolphins where the
food is.
Dolphins are mammals.
Their babies grow inside them.
Mothers usually have one baby
at a time.
The baby stays with
its mother.
It grows and learns.
Parts of a Dolphin
fin
blowhole
flukes
flippers
Picture Glossary
blowhole
a hole that dolphins
use to breathe
flippers
body parts that
dolphins use to steer
leap
to jump out of the water
pod
a group of
dolphins
Index
babies,
blowhole,
breathing,
click,
fish,