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Whole Whale
"Recommended for early childhood collections, this brisk and funny rhyming story will be a hit at story times." -- The School Library Journal A sloth, a moth, a skink, a skunk. Here comes a camel and a quail, but can we fit a whole blue whale? In this playful, silly read-aloud, readers will laugh and count along as 100 animals try to squeeze on the pages of the book, while learning that there's always room for one more to join.
- Humorous ending features an expansive double gatefold
- Educational endnotes list the 100 animals in the book
Book Details
- Publisher: Barefoot Books
- Publish Date: Jun 1st, 2021
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 11.81in - 11.89in - 0.47in - 1.46lb
- EAN: 9781646861637
- Recommended age: 04-08
- Categories: • Humorous Stories• Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)• Animals - Marine Life
About the Author
Karen Yin is the author of the children's books Whole Whale, So Not Ghoul, and Doug the Pug and the Kindness Crew, and an upcoming nonfiction book on conscious language. Find her online at KarenYin.com.
Nelleke Verhoeff started her career performing shows for children, but then discovered her passion for art. She has since illustrated several books and was a finalist in the Silent Book Contest at the 2018 Bologna Children's Book Fair. Nelleke lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Praise for this book
"The artwork is cheerful and bright with high-contrast colors, depicting wonderfully unusual animals like rooks, rhinos, crabs, koalas, tapirs, skinks, and quails, all interacting with joy . . . But perhaps the truest charm of this book lies in its language, rich with assonance, alliteration, and internal and end rhymes and liltingly cadenced with read-aloud rhythm" - Booklist
"Yin debuts with a colorful reminder about inclusion . . . Recommended for early childhood collections, this brisk and funny rhyming story will be a hit at story times" - The School Library Journal
"Yin's precisely cadenced rhymes and artful alliteration are a joy to read. Verhoeff's colorful images, which carry the weight of the denouement, also show the animals interacting and problem solving as part of a vibrant community" - Mombian