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"Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand -- to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad's death by suicide the previous year. The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival...
42) I love you, Blue
Author
Publisher
Flyaway Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An introductory tale about the impact plastic waste has on the ocean is told through a lighthouse keeper's friendship with a whale named Blue"--
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 45
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"I invited my friend Petunia Pretty Paws to visit the Bay of Whales with me. But our trip got off on the wrong paw, and my relaxing vacation turned into a real nightmare. That is, until Petunia and I came across a great white whale that needed our help" (publisher).
45) A pod of whales
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a group of whales live together, it's called a pod. Learn about life inside a pod of whales and why these animals like to stick together. Find out how living together with others helps whales hunt for food, communicate with one another, and raise their young"--
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Natalia Rose Baleine Gallagher dreams of seeing whales on the beach near her new home, and is consumed with the prospect that her mother who abandoned her as a child loves and misses her, and wants Nat to find her.--from Publishers description.
48) Song for a whale
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
Author
Publisher
The Good Book Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Discover what happened when God told a very grumpy prophet to go to a very bad city. In this faithful and fun retelling of a classic Bible story, we learn that God was determined to send Jonah to talk to the nasty people of Nineveh so that he could forgive them. This innovative approach to the story of Jonah focuses on how how God loves to save people. It teaches some interesting linguistic skills to children, and has bright, vivid, fun-filled illustrations...
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Little Narwhal is lost. After a big storm hits, he wanders the ocean alone, in search of a community to belong to. Eventually he finds other whales...but these whales don't look like him at all! Will they welcome him into their family?" -- Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A quiet child in a boisterous family, Emma Wen dreams of a world that is peaceful and silent. When she reads about the blue whale – with a heart so big her father could stand in it – she has an idea. She fashions a boat out of household objects and sails from her bedroom into the mouth of a whale, where she settles in happily. Emma has finally found her peace and quiet. That is until another child, Owen Tang, arrives inside the whale and is...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Explore new depths with whales! Zip, an enthusiastic beaked whale, is eager to share everything he can about wale pods by broadcasting his very own undersea podcast! Did you know that some whales can dive to depths of more than 9,000 feet?! Or that the first whales evolved from wolflike hunters on land? Zip will travel across the ocean interviewing a diverse assortment of whales and dolphins about their amazing behaviors and habitats, as well as...
56) Ballenas azules
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Explora la vida de una ballena azul.
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 19
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Every year, I stay in the same cabin at the beach with my family, and every year Chicken Smith's here too, with his Dad and his dog, Jelly. But this year, something's different." As we hang on the words of the narrator, we learn of the legendary Chicken Smith and the beachside town that has been the backdrop to their school-holiday adventures for years. But will Chicken Smith turn up this year? Or will a friendship of a different kind blossom. A...
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