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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS-Gr 2—Whale lives happily in the sea until the night God tells him to rescue a drowning man and, subsequently, to spit that man onto the shore. The text is lyrical and the cartoonlike watercolors are lush, but this picture ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
In retelling a story common to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths, Spinelli cleverly takes a limited -- and nonsectarian -- perspective: the whale’s. After God tells Whale to "save the man Jonah" when he’s cast into the sea, he leaves Whale on his own, wondering what to do next and feeling "very queasy" with Jonah sloshing and praying inside him. On the third day, hoping to comfort Jonah as well as himself, Whale sings his joyful, God-given song, whereup...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
In retelling a story common to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths, Spinelli cleverly takes a limited--and nonsectarian--pe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
