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Looking for adventure and a new life, Ishmael, the story's narrator, decides to find work on a whaling boat. On arriving at the Massachusetts harbour to begin his search, the only bed available is already half occupied by a "cannibal" named Queequeg. Although Queequeg has limited English, a friendship forms and the two men sign up for work together aboard the Pequod under the infamous Captain Ahab. Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but...
4) Moby-Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is considered by many readers to be the Great American Novel. But most don't know that since its appearance in 1851, it has been revised in substantial ways that alter its original meaning. Melville's masterpiece is described as a "fluid text": it exists in multiple versions, each revealing shifting intentions. The new Longman Critical Edition offers unprecedented access to the revisions that Melville made, the further...
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
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Mr. Magee books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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While spending the day in their boat on the sea, Mr. Magee and his dog get caught up in wacky adventures with a playful pod of whales.
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[2006]
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The largest creatures to inhabit the Earth, whales have long inspired awe in human beings. Because they spend almost 95 percent of their time beneath the ocean surface, however, little has been known about their lives--until recently. With advances in technology and more intense study, fresh facts are coming to light about these magnificent mammals, and to be a whale watcher now, says author and wildlife biologist Douglas Chadwick, is to have a front-row...
8) Baby beluga
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Presents the illustrated text to Raffi's song about the little white whale who swims wild and free.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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"From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she's the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she's not very smart. If you've ever felt like no one was listening to you, then you know how hard that can be. When she learns about Blue 55, a real whale who is unable to speak to other whales, Iris understands how he must feel. Then she has an idea: she should invent a way to...
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2023.
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"Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand--to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad's death by suicide the previous year. The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of...
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2021.
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Meet some of the ocean’s most incredible creatures in this beautifully illustrated and expansive exploration of whales. Whales are amazing and ginormous mammals―they are some of the biggest creatures to have ever lived on Earth! This beautifully drawn children’s nonfiction book shares some of the most incredible and thrilling truths about the many different kinds of whales. From where they migrate to how they care for their young, The Secret...
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Wolves Chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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When Dido finds life unbearable in the Nantucket farmhouse she is left at, she finds adventure involving terrorists and Miss Slighcarp.
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[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Cat and Co. take to the high seas in search of whales, dolphins, and porpoises-those aquatic mammals known as cetaceans. While learning how cetaceans stay warm without hair, have teeth or baleen, swim in troops, spyhop, spin, breach, and see via ecolocation, kids are introduced to almost 20 different species-including sperm, right, humpback, and blue whales; Gulf, spectacled, and finless porpoise; and boto, common, hourglass, and bottlenose dolphins....
15) The whales' song
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Enthralled by her grandmother's story of seeing and hearing whales singing in the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herself and to hear their mysterious songs.
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Pout-pout fish adventures volume 10
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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Mr. Fish and Willa Whale are on their way to a birthday party, but Willa is worried about fitting in so Mr. Fish shows her how to overcome her social anxiety by tackling the worries one at a time.
19) I love you, Blue
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2022.
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"An introductory tale about the impact plastic waste has on the ocean is told through a lighthouse keeper's friendship with a whale named Blue"--
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Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 3
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1998.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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When a big blue whale comes to live near their reef, there is a misunderstanding between him and Rainbow Fish and his friends that leaves everyone very unhappy and hungry.