Maybe a whale, story by Kirsten Pendreigh ; pictures by Crystal Smith
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Maybe a whale, story by Kirsten Pendreigh ; pictures by Crystal Smith
Language
eng
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illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Maybe a whale
Oclc number
1348103360
Responsibility statement
story by Kirsten Pendreigh ; pictures by Crystal Smith
Summary
"After Grandpa dies, a girl and her mother take the trip he had planned for her, kayaking along the Pacific west coast to look for the whales that he loved. The trip will do them good, Mom says, but the girl isn't sure. How can that be true when grandpa isn't there? And how will they find a whale in all that water, anyway? There is so much to see as they paddle through white-tipped waves and calm coves: glowing moon jellies, fluttering anemones and slippery seals. All the while, the girl watches for whales. Could one be swimming beneath their kayak or along the shore of their camp? Are the whales even there? Finally, in the dark of night, they hear them -- pushhhhhhhh, pushhhhhhh -- humpbacks breathing in the bay. In this lyrical story, luminously illustrated by Crystal Smith, mom and daughter find the space to grieve Grandpa and reconnect with each other in the wild beauty of nature. And they come to realize that -- perhaps like whales -- those we've loved are always with us, even if we don't see them anymore."--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
juvenile
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- Fiction
- Sea kayaking -- Juvenile fiction
- Whales -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents + Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Nature fiction
- Picture books -- Science & nature
- Picture books
- Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Picture books -- Growing up
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- Family members -- Juvenile fiction
- Children -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents -- Juvenile fiction
- Parents -- Juvenile fiction
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- Fiction
- Sea kayaking -- Juvenile fiction
- Whales -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents + Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Nature fiction
- Picture books -- Science & nature
- Picture books
- Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction
- Picture books -- Growing up
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- Family members -- Juvenile fiction
- Children -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandparents -- Juvenile fiction
- Parents -- Juvenile fiction
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- Illustrator1
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