Dear Professor Whale

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Title:

Dear Professor Whale

Author:

Iwasa, Megumi, 1958- author.

Takabatake, Jun, illustrator.

Summary:

Now that Professor Whale has retired, he writes many letters to "You, Whoever You Are, Who Lives on the Other Side of the Horizon". Seal and Pelican are busy delivering the letters and Penguin is now teaching. Although he is happy his friends are doing so well, Whale wants a special friend ; who might call him by a friendly sort of name. Like Whaley, maybe, instead of "Professor."

General Note:

Originally published in Japan in 2003 by KAISEI-SHA Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo.

Edition:

English-language edition.

Physical Description:

102 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject Term:

Whales -- Juvenile fiction.

Penguins -- Juvenile fiction.

Animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Letters -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Takabatake, Jun,

Publisher:

Gecko Press,

Publication Date:

2018

ISBN:

9781776572076

9781776572069

Publication Information:

Wellington, New Zealand : Gecko Press, 2018.

Call Number:

J IWASA

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003365577	Juvenile Fiction	IWASA	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

A charming chapter-book follow-up to the international bestseller Yours Sincerely, Giraffe Professor Whale is the only whale left at Whale Point. He thinks often of the old days when his friends were all around and they competed at the Whale Point Olympics. One day, he gets a letter from Wally. The young whale has heard about the great big enormous whale who won gold for his spectacular spouting. That gets him thinking. What if there could be a new Olympics, with the sea full of whales again? In this charming follow-up to the international bestseller, another correspondence flourishes across the horizons. The letters bring penguins, whales and seals together at the Whale Point Olympics, with friendship and humour winners on the day.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 1-3-Professor Whale has retired from teaching and lives alone in the north. The color blue makes him happy, as does imagining himself with wings. But he's lonely, so he sends letters around the world through the "delivery seal," hoping for a fun pen pal. To his delight, he receives a letter from the grandson of an old friend. Soon after, the arrival of some visitors inspires him to revive the Whale Olympics. Together, he and his friends convince whales, seals, and penguins to compete in good fun. This delightful early chapter book makes for some smile-inducing reading. The black-and-white line drawings add a pleasant touch. VERDICT An ode to the joys of friendship and letter-writing, this is a great choice for early chapter book readers.-Heidi Grange, Summit Elementary School, Smithfield, UT © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.