Follow a blue whale\'s enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new Ecosystem to flourish.
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Additional back pages offer further info and reading recommendations on whales, Whale falls, and ecosystems.
Meanwhile, those grappling with the hard subject of death will take solace in this honest look at the circle of life, which closes on a young Whale enjoying the same waves as her ancestor.
Young lovers of the macabre will relish each page of Life After Whale .
Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin\'s astonishing artwork enriches and amplifies engaging, well-researched text by Bill Nye the Science Guy writer Lynn Brunelle.
Her body will float to the surface, then slowly sink through the deep; from inflated behemoth to clean-picked skeleton, it will offer food and shelter at each stage to a vast diversity of organisms, over the course of a century and beyond.
When this Whale closes her eyes for the last time in her 90-year life, a process known as Whale Fall is just beginning.
But in nature, death is never a true ending.
All living things must one day die, and Earth\'s largest creature, the majestic blue whale, is no exception.
Follow a blue whale\'s enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new Ecosystem to flourish
