Wild About Whales

Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator based in Worthing, UK. He graduated with a first class degree in Illustration from Falmouth University and his work has since been published in every continent except Antarctica, including books in the UK, America, Australia, Germany, France, Portugal, China & Korea. He has also worked for some impressive clients including The New York Times, Microsoft and Orange.

A swim with the cetacean clan adds another chapter to Davey's long-running series of salutes to wild creatures. The author/illustrator fills the spaces between narrative blocks with an abundance of sea life, providing full-body and close-up views of over two dozen types of whales as well as images of their prey, from tiny krill to eels, seals, squid, and sharks. [...] Elsewhere, sleek specimens twist, breach, hunt, or show off special features as the author lucidly lays out their shapes, behaviors, and unique qualities with a sure sense of what will catch the attention of his young audience. [...] A crowd-pleaser, both verbally and visually.