# If You Want to See a Whale - Hardcover

by **Julie Fogliano** (Author), **Erin E. Stead** (Illustrator)

If you want to see a whale, you will need to know what not to look at.

Pink roses, pelicans, possible pirates . . .

If you want to see a whale, you have to keep your eyes on the sea, and wait . . .

and wait . . . and wait . . .

In this quiet and beautiful picture book by Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead, the team that created the _Boston Globe-Horn Book_ Honor book _And Then It's Spring_, a boy learns exactly what it takes to catch a glimpse of an elusive whale. This title has Common Core connections.

**A Neal Porter Book**

A _Publishers Weekly_ Best Children's Book of 2013  
A _Kirkus Reviews_ Best Book of 2013

### Author Biography

**Julie Fogliano** is the author of the _New York Times_ bestseller _And Then It's Spring_, as well as _When's My Birthday? and When Green Becomes Tomatoes._  
  
_**Erin E. Stead** is co-creator of A Sick Day for Amos McGee, winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal, and Bear has a Story to Tell. She also illustrated Julie Fogliano's And Then It's Spring and Lenny and Lucy._

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.42 x 9.22 x 7.4 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 07, 2013

**Award:** Cybils (2013)

**Award:** Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2014)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** If You Want to See a Whale

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 3.4

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 19.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

## Variants

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