Vocabulary: If your puppet has a mouth, try using the mouth to help your students count syllables.
Illustrator’s agent: Molly O’Neill, Waxman Leavell. Wendell the Narwhal by Emily Dove is adorable when read by an actual (stuffed) narwhal. Author’s agent: Susan Cohen, Writers House. Johnston ( Laugh-Out-Loud Baby) writes in a quirky-sweet voice that keeps the narrative moving along, and she gets surprising comic mileage from two recurring and offbeat phrases: “superior magnitude” (used to describe anything big, from the tidal wave to a whale to a triumphant brotherly embrace) and “your brother who’s sweet, not smelly?” Digitally enhanced watercolors by Dove ( Wendell the Narwhal) have a cheery vintage feel, with crisp lines smudgy, rich colors and a cast of smiling, wide-eyed, eager-to-help characters-even a potentially predatory pelican is given the benefit of the doubt. Orphaned undersea siblings Spencer and Vincent “love each other to the very core of their jelly” and celebrate their bond with a special song: “My brother, my brother,/ he’s sweet, not smelly./ I love him from down in/ my jelly belly.” When Vincent is carried away by a big wave, Spencer enlists his ocean pals-a whale, a mermaid, and others-and employs the brothers’ theme song to help the exhausted Vincent find his way back. She wrote and illustrated Wendell the Narwhal and illustrated Spencer and Vincent, the Jellyfish Brothers by Tony Johnston and Our Blue Planet by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe.Readers may be reminded a little of Finding Nemo in this story of one jellyfish brother who is determined to find and rescue another.
All his fellow sea creatures make mellifluous soundsthe jellyfish go wubba wub wub, the blowfish goes whoosh, and the clam goes clappy clap clap but Wendell can't seem to make a peep. As a certified naturalist, she uses illustration as a tool to educate and inspire others about the natural world. Item : UP2272 Format: Hardcover, 36 pages 2016 Wendell is a narwhal who loves music. The Blue Planet is her first nonfiction book, and has been translated into several languages around the world.Įmily Dove is an illustrator and author who lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where the winding rivers and fall foliage never cease to inspire her. Her Australian childhood inspired her love for the natural world and the stories of its strange and wonderful creatures. Leisa Stewart-Sharpe is a trained journalist turned children’s book author who writes stunning children’s nonfiction and picture books.
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