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These are pictures to be savoured again and again. Amann effortlessly captures the ponderous and balletic dignity that only whales have. In the last spread, sunlight dances on the sea, reflecting the golden glitter of music pouring from Lloyd's tiny ukelele, and just beneath the surface, the tip of kelp glows with a beautiful green intensity. From the outset, we are underwater, swimming with the pod.Īmann skilfully weaves darkness and light to reflect Lloyd's emotions which are beautifully portrayed in his lovely, knobbly face. lower than that, toolike twenty hertz or ten hertzbut pianos. That’s the frequency of most baleen whale songs. key, the very first one on the left, that plays the frequency of 27.5. They ripple with the feeling of the sea and the swaying kelp. If you sit down at a piano and hit the lowest. The luminous illustrations grabbed me from the first spread. 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