I Lived Inside a Whale

Name: I Lived Inside a Whale
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780316492270
Price: 37.99 NZD
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By Xin Li

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Brief Description

For fans of Oliver Jeffers, this stunningly illustrated, whimsical picture book is about finding your own voice and learning how to connect with others through storytelling. A quiet child in a boisterous family, Emma Wen dreams of a world that is peaceful and silent. When she... Read More

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I Lived Inside a Whale

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For fans of Olive Jeffers and the Fan Brothers, this stunningly illustrated, whimsical picture book is about finding your own voice and learning how to connect with others.

Description

For fans of Oliver Jeffers, this stunningly illustrated, whimsical picture book is about finding your own voice and learning how to connect with others through storytelling.

A quiet child in a boisterous family, Emma Wen dreams of a world that is peaceful and silent. When she reads about the blue whale - with a heart so big her father could stand in it - she has an idea. She fashions a boat out of household objects and sails from her bedroom into the mouth of a whale, where she settles in happily. Emma has finally found her peace and quiet.

That is until another child, Owen Tang, arrives inside the whale and is loud, noisy and everything she is running away from. Emma and Owen's unlikely friendship blossoms inside the microcosm of the whale in a beautifully told story of friendship and finding your own voice in a world that is filled with too much of everything, everywhere.

With lush, irresistible illustrations and its balance of sensitivity and adventure, Xin Li's author/illustrator debut is an ode to storytelling and imagination and displays her keen understanding of the emotional world of children.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316492270

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 February 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 224.0mm

Height: 286.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 48

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Xin Li Young Adult

About the Author

Xin Li is an artist and writer. She was born and raised in China and currently lives in Norway with her husband and their daughter. After spending half of her life living in countries outside of her homeland, Xin chose to paint and write, as stories help her to make sense of a world that otherwise is often lost in translation. Xin is passionate about collecting books, watching clouds, and going for long train rides to cities she has never visited before. I Lived Inside a Whale is her U.S. author/illustrator debut. You can visit her online at Lixin.no.