Dario and the Whale
What's This Book About
CCBC Choices 2017 Little Free Library Action Book Club, Young Readers A lonely boy spending his first summer at Cape Cod and a right whale calf who has migrated to the area with his mother become unlikely friends. When Dario and his mother move to Cape Cod from Brazil, Dario has a hard time making friends since he doesn’t speak English well. But one day Dario meets someone else who has just arrived in New England and he doesn’t speak any English at all…because he’s a right whale! Day after day Dario and the whale meet at the beach. But what will happen when it’s time for the whale to migrate?
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Cheryl Lawton Malone is a freelance writer, poet, and MFA grad who teaches at Lesley University and GrubStreet in Boston. She and her husband live in Massachusetts.
Growing up in Bulgaria in the 80s in a family of book lovers, Bistra was immersed in the aesthetic of Eastern European books from an early age. She often copied her favourite illustrations, which fostered a love of drawing and illustration in particular. Bistra followed this passion to the Bulgarian Academy of Arts, where she studied the intricacies of book design, typography and illustration under the strict guidance of some of her childhood heroes. Alongside her illustration work, Bistra is also a keen calligrapher. She now lives in Brighton, UK.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780807514634
- Publication Date
- March 1, 2016
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
- Original Publication Date
- March 1, 2016
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 13
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lexile® Level
- AD420L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~L
- ATOS® Book Level
- 1.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 181673
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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