Ben and the Whales (Hardcover)

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Whales played in the ocean below the cliff paths where Ben and Grandpa had often walked. The windswept milkwood was their lookout. Mysterious and magnificent creatures, Grandpa would say, "flying giants of the sea!" Together they read stories about whales, made new pages for Grandpa's scrapbook, or went to the museum to see the whale skeleton. But just before summer things changed: Grandpa stayed in bed ... days passed. And then Grandpa died. Noticing that Ben finds it hard to say good bye, Dad takes Ben to the milkwood where Ben and Grandpa would often sit, and tells him a story: Long ago a whale-calf was born in their bay. Every day he frolicked and swam with his mother and an old humpback whale, but when the time came for the whales to travel back south, the old whale could not make the journey with the others. The whale calf had to say good bye too. This gentle story on bereavement will strike a chord with both children and adults alike.

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Whales played in the ocean below the cliff paths where Ben and Grandpa had often walked. The windswept milkwood was their lookout. Mysterious and magnificent creatures, Grandpa would say, "flying giants of the sea!" Together they read stories about whales, made new pages for Grandpa's scrapbook, or went to the museum to see the whale skeleton. But just before summer things changed: Grandpa stayed in bed ... days passed. And then Grandpa died. Noticing that Ben finds it hard to say good bye, Dad takes Ben to the milkwood where Ben and Grandpa would often sit, and tells him a story: Long ago a whale-calf was born in their bay. Every day he frolicked and swam with his mother and an old humpback whale, but when the time came for the whales to travel back south, the old whale could not make the journey with the others. The whale calf had to say good bye too. This gentle story on bereavement will strike a chord with both children and adults alike.

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Imprint

Tafelberg Publishers Ltd

Country of origin

South Africa

Release date

September 2012

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Authors

Illustrators

Dimensions

270 x 215 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

32

ISBN-13

978-0-624-05507-5

Barcode

9780624055075

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LSN

0-624-05507-8



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