Dario and the Whale (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780807514634)

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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?

Author: Cheryl Lawton Malone
ISBN-10: 0807514632
ISBN-13: 9780807514634
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 10.90w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 181673 / Dario and the Whale


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/21/2015
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2016
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 69
Shelf Awareness 03/04/2016
Shelf Awareness 12/13/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 45 - Recommended, Satisfactory