An odd mixture of animals, Pandora, a cat, Seabold, a dog, and three mice, Whistler, Lila, and baby Tiny, have come together to form the lighthouse family.  One day, while collecting shells, Lila and Whistler hear the crying of a baby beluga whale.  They learn his name is Sebastian and that he cannot find his mother.  Pandora suggests they enlist the aid of Huck, a cranky cormorant.  With encouragement, Huck is persuaded to fly over the ocean to try to locate Sebastian’s mother.  By the time they spot the beluga pod, Huck is too exhausted to fly home.  With praise about being noble, Huck allows himself to ride home on the back of a whale.  Mother and son are reunited, the lighthouse family had a successful adventure, and cranky old Huck was secretly pleased by praise for being a hero.  McDaniel’s soft, sepia-like graphite illustrations give a pleasant old-fashioned quality to the book.  His artwork charmingly portrays the traits and character of each individual.  Rylant’s books are good for those readers who are reluctant to move from picture books to longer chapter books.  This is a reissue of book number three in a series of seven adventures of the lighthouse family.