In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.

The Ocean Fairies are responsible for keeping all the creatures of the sea happy and safe, but when goblins shatter their enchanted conch shell and seven magic sea creatures leave in search of the pieces, the Ocean Fairies must find the fragments of the shell and their animal friends.

"Whale loves diving in and out of the ocean waves until he lands on an ice floe and can't get off again. His friends try to push him back into the water, but Whale is much too heavy. It looks like Whale might be stuck forever" (publisher).

Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.

A young girl and her teacher correspond about the whale she has discovered in her pond.

In this story based on a true incident, a humpback whale tries to find its way home after mistakenly swimming into New York Harbor.

During a summer vacation at the beach, thirteen-year-old wizard Nita and her friend Kit assist the whale-wizard S'reee in combating an evil power.

The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism,

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Jack, Ashley, and their unreliable new foster sister set out to solve the mystery of why whales are beaching themselves at Acadia National Park.

"A mermaid and her otter friend go on a journey to help a lost beluga whale return to the Arctic"--