Big Fish is ancient and enormous. In her 177 years she's brushed against death more than once -- stalked by panners in the gold rush of 1858, nearly crushed in a rock slide in 1913, almost stranded when the lake drained into the river in 1924, and threatened by a mysterious disease that killed many other sturgeons in the early 1990s. Since then, sport fishers have hooked her several times, and she's led them through quite a chase. But today scientists and many others are trying to help the sturgeon survive. Now, we hope, only old age will claim her when her time comes. This exciting adventure tale offers science, history, and environmental lessons supplemented with a glossary, a diagram, and interesting facts about the biology and history of the sturgeon.

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Greystone Books, Canada .

Maggie de Vries is a writer, editor, teacher, and the award-winning author of several children's books, including Tale of a Great White Fish. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and two cats in a house overlooking the Fraser River. Renne Benoit an award-winning artist who has illustrated many books for children, including Thanksgiving: A Harvest Celebration, She lives in Southern Ontario with her husband and her two dogs.