Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
Little Kelp isn’t like the other narwhals, being short-tusked and a weaker-swimmer, but eventually he finds land-narwhals just like him. I won’t spoil the revelation in Not Quite NARWHAL written and illustrated by Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017. Kelp has to figure out how to reconcile fitting somewhere new while still longing to be home.
Notes: A great picture book for anyone who’s just a little different than the others. Isn’t that all of us? Have a magical week!
13 thoughts on “A Book by the Brook — Not Quite Narwhal”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Sounds real interesting…an Arctic adventure—on the top of the world! Please check out RULES–WHAT RULES? on my blog for an unofficial compliment to your fine work—and yes, mine is a “no reward blog” as is yours?
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WHALE—LET’S SEE ABOUT THIS!
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Nar-whale. 🙂
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THE unicorn of the bounding Arctic main!
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Yes, I love books that embrace all the different animals in our world.
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This book looks adorable! Buying it for my niece!!!
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She will love it! Narwhals are very popular, and land-Narwhals even more so! 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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She loved it! (well mostly my sister and I loved it haha since my niece is 1)
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I’m so glad you and your sister liked it. My kids at 1 could understand a scary amount. And they all loved bright colorful books and sitting down to be read a book. I just had to tape a few pages back together….
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a parent just bought this for my classroom!
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Yay! It’s adorable.
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