seals (animals)

Describes the physical characteristics of seals and sea lions, looks at where they live in the wild, identifies threats to their survival, and shows how seals and seal lions live and are cared for in the zoo.

Photographs and text describe the life of Sidney, a harbor seal, until she is five weeks old.

While vacationing in Greece, Jenny discovers a secluded beach where a rare seal hides his family. Includes information about the seal species and environmental threats.

A seal sheds her skin and becomes a beautiful woman, but even after marrying and bearing a son she longs to return to her seal family in the sea.

On Prince William Sound in Alaska, Denny rescues a baby seal hurt by an oil spill and watches it recover at a nearby animal hospital.

Describes different species of pinnipeds and the threats to their survival.

While at sea during a freak storm near his island home in the far north, a fisherman finds a baby girl, and though he and his wife love her as their own, they realize that they may not be able to keep her from returning to the sea.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural habitat of these mammals who must return to land to mate and give birth.

When sixteen-year-old Elin Jean finds a seal pelt hidden at home and realizes that her mother is actually a selkie, she returns the pelt to her mother, only to find her life taking many unexpected turns.

Provides information about harp seals, covering topics such as habitat, eating habits, mating, physical characteristics, and conservation.