| International Standard Book Number |
9781773066646
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| International Standard Book Number |
1773066641
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
jC813/.6
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| Personal Name |
Pendreigh, Kirsten author.
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| Title Statement |
Maybe a whale / story by Kirsten Pendreigh ; pictures by Crystal Smith.
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| Imprint |
Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2023.
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| Physical Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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| Summary, Etc. |
"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.
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| Additional Physical Form Available |
Issued also in electronic formats.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grief Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grief Juvenile fiction
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Nature Fiction
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Parent and child Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Parent and child Juvenile fiction
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Whales Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Whales Juvenile fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Nature stories
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Sea kayaking Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Sea kayaking Juvenile fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grandparents Death Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grandparents Death Juvenile fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Picture books
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Smith, Crystal (Artist) illustrator.
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