The Tail of the Whale
By Ellie Patterson
Published by Meadowside Children's Books
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This rhyming text transports the reader from a grey winter’s day to a fantastical underwater land.
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Children's Book review
This rhyming text transports the reader from a grey winter’s day to a fantastical underwater land.
We see a little girl (and her trusty dog) jump upon a whale’s tail and get taken deep underneath the sea, where colourful fish dance and dart across the pages, eels shimmer in ruby red and emerald green and clownfish form a merry band.
On emerging from this underwater paradise, expecting to see the dull, bland world she had left behind, the girl is confronted by a charming, winter’s surprise.
The illustrations in this book are quirky and imaginative and the underwater scenes are delightful, with plenty of detail to discover on each reading.
Illustrator: Christine Pym
Reading age: 6+
Interest level: 3+
