Big Blue Whale

by Nicola Davies

Book Overview

Discover the mysterious, magnificent blue whale. How big is the blue whale? Bigger than an elephant. Bigger than a dinosaur. The blue whale is the biggest creature that has ever lived on Earth-- and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156402895X
• ISBN13: 9781564028952
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 27 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Big Blue Whale

This book is a delight to read out loud to children, the illutrations are excellent and the information that is given is also educational. I would reccomend this book for lower primary use, it could even be used for middle primary use to start of a unit of work on Whales. It is also excellent for just reading to your children at home, or as independant reading material.

Perfect science and read-aloud book.

A wonderfully succinct overview of the blue whale and it's habits.The clear, sweet prose makes delivery of the content easy, and the very fine, soft illustrations demand repeated veiwing. My Preschool and Kindergarten ESL students found it highly engaging. If there's a better science and read-aloud book around I'd really like to know about it. TEN stars.Follow this book up with the superb "Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?" by Robert E. Wells. Wells' book uses the whales' size as a starting point for exploring the size of the universe and other very big things (the second step involves putting a hundred blue whales in a really big jar). Read my review of Wells' book if you like.

ONE OF THE BEST WHALE BOOKS AVAILABLE!

I'm a whale researcher who has spent much of the last 12 years studying blue whales in the North Pacific. I'm also a mom who loves children's literature. Rarely do I see a book that is so accurate factually while it is captivating and magical! The illustrations are beautiful. I highly recommend it to anyone who has children who are facinated by whales.