Shh! The Whale Is Smiling
“The drawings are lovely, fanciful and full of warmth...the text is lyrical and evocative...”
-EarlyChildhood News
The Under-the-Sea Bedtime Classic Celebrating More Than Three Decades in Continuous Print
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While the wind storms, and the rest of the family sleeps in the Victorian household of this rhythmic lullaby of a book, an older sister takes her brother on an under-sea fantasy voyage with his favorite animal, the humpback whale.
This classic bedtime free-verse work by the creators of GRANDPA LOVED and GRANDMA'S SCRAPBOOK, and FRANCIS WOKE UP EARLY is available in hardcover and paperback.
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Author: Josephine Nobisso
Illustrator: Maureen Hyde
Publisher: Gingerbread House
Trim Size: w 8" × h 10" w/ Dust Jacket on the hardcover.
Pages: 40, Full Color Illustrations
Ages: 2-7
Hardcover ISBN: 0-940112-03-5
Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0-940112-03-2
Hardcover Price: US $16.95 / CAN $22.95
Paperback ISBN: 0-940112-06-X
Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-940112-06-3
Paperback Price: US $8.95 / CAN $12.95
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“The drawings are lovely, fanciful and full of warmth...the text is lyrical and evocative..." -EarlyChildhood News
Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence
“Author Josephine Nobisso and illustrator Maureen Hyde bring enchantment to the play of shadows and wind deep in the night in SHH! THE WHALE IS SMILING. As a fierce wind blows outside their home, a sister comforts her brother turning fear of the cold dark into a warm, safe place of imagination. Flying in their bed to the sea, they join a whale swimming among bubbles in a world of their marvelous creation. The fear of the dark, wind and storms is gently confronted in this imaginative story for children. The dark becomes deep water, movement the swimming of a whale, and wind a part of the mystery of the sea, thereby replacing the fearful with the imaginative. A delightful tale, with fabulously realized illustrations, SHH! THE WHALE IS SMILING comes very highly recommended.”
-WordWeaving Committee
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