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Acclaimed for his gentle, complex characterizations, Samuel D. Hunter's bighearted and funny plays explore the quiet desperation running through many American lives. The Whale tells the story of a six hundred-pound shut-in's last chance at redemption and of discovering beauty in the most unexpected places when he reaches out to his long-estranged-and severely unhappy-daughter. Hunter's second piece, the Obie Award-winning A Bright New Boise, is a...
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English
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Some days, Luka the blue whale doesn't feel happy at all. He gets angry, he's sad, he cries until the ocean is salty.
His friend Jenny wants to help Luka, but how?
Luckily, a wise mermaid might know what to do…
This lovingly illustrated picture book gently introduces children to the symptoms of depression and gives advice on how to help others who're feeling blue. A book not just for children.
This book is recommended for:
Children with parents,...
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English
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THE WHALE DONE SCHOOL is the third in the Whale Done! series, focusing the proven power of positive attention on the process of educating children. Based on an actual school-turnaround story, the fable demonstrates how students' behavior and academic performance improves dramatically when teachers systematically employ the science of training killer whales -- i.e., building trust, giving lots of attention to what their students do right, and redirecting...
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English
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In an age in which the inexhaustible power of scientific technology makes all things possible, it remains to be seen where we will draw the line, where we will be able to say, here are possibilities that wisdom suggest we avoid.
First published to great acclaim in 1988, Langdon Winner's groundbreaking exploration of the political, social, and philosophical implications of technology is timelier than ever. He demonstrates that choices about the kinds...
46) The whales
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Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Poetically describes the wonder of whales--what they look like, how they behave, and where they live.
47) The whale
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On November 20, 1820, in the Southeast Pacific, an enormous 85-foot sperm whale rammed and sank Nantucket whale ship The Essex and set its crew adrift more than a thousand miles from land. Only eight members of the young crew survived starvation, thirst and exposure, rescued at last by British whale ships three months later.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
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English
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"When Ishmael sets sail on the whale-ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is obsessed with hunting down the famous whit whale, Moby Dick, and will stop at nothing on hes quest to annihilate his nemesis."--Cover.
49) The Whaler Boy
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Russian
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Leshka, age 15, lives in an isolated village on the Bering Strait. Leshka becomes infatuated with a webcam model from America, awakening in him a desire to find love outside of the confines of his tiny world.
50) The whale
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Series
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Warwick Press
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
A simple introduction to the blue whale and its habits.
51) The whale
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Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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There is a legend that a Great Spotted Whale lives in the ocean, although a sighting fifty years ago was never corroborated. Now two young whale watchers each set out to find the whale, one armed with sound-recording equipment, the other with a camera. When their boats collide, they pool their resources to capture incontrovertible proof that the mythical whale exists. The eventual sighting is a magical moment, especially when the children discover...
52) The whale
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of various species of whale, how they have become endangered, and what is being done to protect them from extinction.
53) The whale
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the world's largest mammal whose size and weight exceed that of several elephants.
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English
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Raised in a small Native American village by the sea, Thomas Witka Just has just married his childhood sweetheart when an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever. Cut off from his community and traumatized by war, he finds refuge in another tribal village there and fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home many years later, he finds his tribe in conflict over a decision to hunt a whale, a spiritual symbol for...
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Join Jonah on his journey with God as he learns a valuable lesson in obedience, and forgiveness. This classic Old Testament story will help your child understand the importance of obeying God even when it's hard. Captivating illustrations of Jonah, the whale, and the people of Nineveh make following along easy! Titles in the Bible Stories Series include: In the Beginning, Noah and the Ark, Two By Two, Rise and Shine, Jonah and the Whale, Daniel and...