Walvis

by David Lucas

When a giant whale washes up on shore-on top of young Joe's town, in fact-no one knows what to do? The Mayor declares that the town is ruined. The Whale laments that all he's good for now is a large fish pie. The Fishmonger quickly agrees. But Joe is determined to set things right.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

David Lucas has written and illustrated several books for children and was named a Booktrust Best New Illustrator. He lives in London.

Reviews

[Jenna Mills · Rating 2 out of 5]

Odd

[Summer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ks1 Ridiculous but funny

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

We really enjoyed this read. It’s absurd in all the best ways and Kait really responded to the illustrations, deciding to draw small parts of them on her white board for each page.

[Victoria Whipple · Rating 4 out of 5]

What to do when a whale washes up and disrupts the town? Not make fish stew! Be thoughtful, consult the experts, weigh all the options, and help each other out.

[Kelly Jimenez · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book it talks about how the whale appear in the shore. I also read that the whale helped out the town, because it got flood it. The whale drank the water until the whale saw the land. Overall the whale help the town a lot. This book is a awesome book.

[Aczel Barron]

This book was amazing I loved it.It was very interesting my favorite part was when he crashed in to the city.my favorite charecter was joe.Joe was very inspiring charecter one day I wish i could be him . suprisingly the people didnt get angry at the whale for destroying there homes.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeously illustrated. Fantastic story of a town, a boy named Joe and a Whale. Great for little kids and adults.

[Nelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Community makes the world a better place.

Out of 5.

Illustrations : 5
Content : 5
Originality : 4
Humor : n/a
Age Level : 0-100

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very fun story about a catastrophe that brings something new and beautiful : ) Illustration and story easy enough for Bridget to enjoy, and unique enough for Maddie to want to listen, too.

[Libby · Rating 2 out of 5]

My 2-yr old son requested this library book only occasionally, and didn't make it all the way through every time. My husband and I didn't think it was that great. Kind of weird and anticlimactic.

[JPA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable.

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

When a giant whale washes up on shore, a little boy and the rest of the town must work together with the sun and the moon and the stars and the fishes to set things right again.

[Danielle]

A pretty wild, whimsical read.
I think if you fully go with the story and vintage style, it's wonderful.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great book on how we may make a mistake and together we may fix it.

[Brandon Menjivar]

This book is very interesting is about a blue whale that lands on a city i don't how it does that but yeah. it weights 32 thousand pounds.

[Johanna Robles · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is not that bad. it talks about a whale lands on land.and they don't know how to take him off so.they asked the sun, stars, moon, wind. the town got ruined and the fishes fixed it

[Page · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and sort of funny.