Book Detail

I Wonder If I'll See a Whale

Publication Information
Author:  Weller, Frances Ward Illustrator:  
Title:  I Wonder If I'll See a Whale Date:  1991
Publisher:  Putnam & Grosset Group City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-698-11677-1 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):    science

Summary:
A girl finally sees a humpback whale while on a whale-watching boat off the New England coast. The book includes additional information about humpback whales.

Teaching Ideas:
This book belongs in a small text set on whales but works especially well with Rylant's Whales and Davies' Big, Blue Whale because they also deal with the emotional response of people to whales. The larger text set provides extensive information on different whales and their chances for survival. Students may want to write poems or stories about encounters with whales or wild animals. Students can use the Internet sites to research images, sounds, migration paths, and further information on whales for discussion and writing activities. web sites: www.zoomdinosaurs.com/subjects/whales/species/Humpbackwhale.shtml, www.pbs.org/wnet/hature/humpback/, www.coastal studies.org/

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Geography > environment > ocean
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior > migration
bullet Science > biology > zoology > endangered species


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