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Raff, Courtney Granet

Giant of the Sea: A Story of a Sperm Whale

32 pp. | Soundprints | October, 2002 | Trade ISBN 1-931465-71-1 $$15.95 | Paper ISBN 1-931465-80-0 $$6.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Shawn Gould. Simple but rounded sentences tell about a day in the life of Mama Whale, her calf, and the pod to which they belong. From geography to echolocation, details are refreshingly accurate, and the tension of the killer whale's approach is both natural and, for a child reader, manageable. Detailed paintings on an aqua-sea background bleed off the pages. A short afterword about sperm whales is appended. Glos.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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