• If I Were a Whale (If I Were)

If I Were a Whale
(If I Were)

Author
Shelley Gill
Illustrator
Erik Brooks
Publication Date
February 21, 2017
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  K − 1st
If I Were a Whale (If I Were)
Description
Rhyming text describes the activities and physical characteristics of a variety of whales.
Publication date
February 21, 2017
Classification
Non-fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9781632171047
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Little Bigfoot
Series
If I Were
BISAC categories
JNF003140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Mammals
JNF003150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Marine Life
JNF003270 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Endangered
Library of Congress categories
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Kirkus

Rhyming text introduces youngsters to a smattering of whales.

School Library Journal

PreS--This lively introduction to the giants of the sea opens with the verse, "If I could be anything, /do you know what I'd be?/I'd be a whale/in the deep blue sea./Scooping up fishes/and flipping my tail, /I'd be a minke/or beluga whale." Pilot whales, gray whales, blue whales, orcas, and narwhals all make appearances and are depicted in lush and saturated watercolors. The rhyme is simple and effective and lets the buoyant art do the heavy lifting. Sure to make a splash with young nature lovers.

Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Shelley Gill
SHELLEY GILL was the fifth woman to complete the Iditarod race. When she's not writing, Shelley travels to schools around the country where she covers a variety of topics--from whale watching to how she thinks up her writing ideas.

ERIK BROOKS spent much of his childhood in Anchorage, AK, where he explored the outdoors and had Alaskan experiences such as seeing the occasional moose wandering through the yard and getting run over by a dog sled. He still loves getting out into nature with his family and his handsome mutt of a dog, Max.
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