The author describes how, while training for a long-distance swim off the coast of California, she encountered a baby gray whale that had become separated from its mother and had been following her instead, and her efforts to find the baby's mother.
Counting down from twelve to zero, the reader learns about some of the fish found on the Great Barrier Reef and the threats to their continued existence.
The story of a coho, Sumi, from her birth in a remote creek and her trip down river to the ocean, to her time as a mature fish in the seas, and finally her return to the place of her birth, where she spawns and dies.
Retells the Japanese story in which an artist struggling to capture the beauty of a fish on paper is turned into a fish himself and experiences firsthand the freedom, wonder, and danger of life in the lake.
Introduces some of the many types of fish and their physical characteristics, life cycle, behaviors, and adaptations to various underwater habitats, including diagrams and fun facts.