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Bunting, Eve

The Day the Whale Came

32 pp. | Harcourt | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201456-X
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Scott Menchin. A dead humpback whale brought through town by train as a traveling educational exhibit saddens and angers Ben, who thinks it should have been left buried at sea. Set early in the century and depicted in bold ink and collage illustrations, this novel scenario starts out intriguingly enough, but then becomes heavy-handed as it drives home its message about standing up for one's beliefs.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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