FICTION

If I Were a Whale

by Shelley GILL
illus. by Erik Brooks. 20p. Little Bigfoot. Feb. 2017. Board $9.99. ISBN 9781632171047.
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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.
Reviewed by Staff , Jul 01, 2017

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