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1) Moby Dick
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Narrated by the crew member Ishmael, this epic whaling adventure follows the crew of the Pequod as its captain, Ahab, descends deeper and deeper into madness on his quest to find and kill the white whale that maimed him. Beyond the surface of ship life, whaling, and the hunt for the elusive Moby Dick are allegorical references to life - and even the universe - in this masterpiece by Herman Melville. Regarded as the Great American Novel, Moby Dick...
2) Heartbeat
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Separated from her mother, a young whale swims the oceans for decades until she finds a young girl who shares her vision of one planet for which all are responsible.
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps a lost baby beluga whale find his mother.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism,
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Series
Secret explorers volume 1
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The secret explorers jump into action to save a pod of humpback whales, but when Connor and Roshini's submarine malfunctions, the explorers could be the ones in trouble.
12) The storm whale
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day's work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely. Together,they return the whale to the sea. And from that day on, the boy learns that the father can be a good listener too"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 of...
18) Song for a whale
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
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
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A whale takes a child on adventure across the ocean, and together they explore the wonders of the ocean world, but also the sad state of plastic pollution--and the child returns home to try and help the whale to save his marine home.
Author
Series
Pout-pout fish adventures volume 10
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Fish and Willa Whale are on their way to a birthday party, but Willa is worried about fitting in so Mr. Fish shows her how to overcome her social anxiety by tackling the worries one at a time.
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