Whale: A Tiny Throaty Tale reimagines Rudyard Kipling's "How the Whale Got His Throat" through Andrew Manderson's bouncy rhyming text and the series' signature felt craft illustrations.
A whale with an insatiable appetite swims the seas, swallowing everything in sight—until a cunning little fish tricks him into gulping down a shipwrecked man. This proves to be a serious miscalculation. The resourceful castaway makes himself so thoroughly uncomfortable inside the whale's belly that the great beast is forced to spit him out and rethink his approach to eating. The whale learns something about moderation; the clever man earns his freedom and a good story to tell.
Manderson's rhyming verses keep the pace brisk and read-alouds lively, while the textured felt artwork lends warmth and humor to each spread. The story delivers its lessons about consequences and ingenuity with a light touch—more wink than wag of the finger.
A worthy companion to the Kipling original, with personality all its own.
