Little Whale: A Day in the Life of a Whale Calf (Really Wild Families)

By Author / Illustrator

Anna Brett, Carmen Saldana

Genre

Animals

Age range(s)

Publisher

Aurum Press

ISBN

9780711283541

Format

Hardback

Published

03-08-2023

Synopsis

Discover what Little Whale gets up to and explore its world, in this fun and informative title from the Really Wild Families series.

Little Whale has a small and loving pod but a much wider family in the big ocean, and can't wait to introduce you to all these friends. Little Whale explores the ocean all day with its mum, are you excited to swim along with them? Carmen Saldana's charming illustrations will make this informative book a hit with children of all ages! This charming celebration of humpback whales will show children just how amazing nature is and is a reminder that it is up to us to care for the planet and all its creatures.

Learn all about the gentle giant of the ocean, by exploring: their mesmerizing whale songs that can be heard for thousands of miles; the huge annual migrations they undertake; the relationships within their pods; the flips, jumps and tricks humpback whales perform. This adorable story is followed by a fun factivity section packed with craft projects, case studies and a quiz section at the back of the book, so you can put everything you have learned about Little Whale and their family to the test.

In the Really Wild Families series, based on the everyday adventures of wild animals, discover what the littlest members of the family get up to! Through their eyes we will explore their habitats, family dynamics and how they play, grow and survive as a family.

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Reviews

Really Wild Families is a really lovely concept for a series! Little Whale: A Day in the Life of a Whale Calf starts with a day in the life of a little whale who is migrating with her family to the warm waters, many miles away. She tells us all about what whales look like, what they eat and how they communicate with each other.

When the sun sets on her day, the book becomes a non-fiction fact-file about whales that expands on what the little whale told us in her story. The information is set out clearly and concisely, with plenty of colour photographs which contrast nicely with the pastel illustrations of the little whale's story. The final two pages of the book are a quiz which tests the reader's recall of all the interesting facts they have learned from both sections of the book.

This book is the perfect addition to the natural sciences section of a school library, a key stage one classroom book corner or the perfect present for a future marine biologist. I hope there are many more to come in this series to give children an insight into wildlife through the fictional story and factual pages.

Picture book / Reviewed by Wendy Kelly, teacher