Little Whale's Big Song
Little Whale's Big Song
by Theo Marlowe
Wren is the smallest whale in the bay, and she has the biggest song nobody has heard yet.
- Age
- Ages 3–5
- Pages
- 36
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Little Whale's Big Song
Once upon a time…
Wren was the smallest whale in all of Bubble Bay. Every evening, her mother sang the great whale song, and it rolled across the water like thunder, so deep that the seahorses felt it in their tummies. Wren wanted to sing just like her. She took a giant breath and opened her mouth. Out came a squeak.
Page 1
"Too tiny," sighed Wren, and her tail drooped. "My song is much too tiny for such a big ocean." She swam away to a quiet cove where nobody could hear, and she opened her mouth one more time. Out came a bubble. A round, shiny bubble that floated up and popped. Then another. Then another.
Page 2
Then, all of a sudden, out came a tune. It was shaped like a wave, rising and rolling and tumbling back down again. It was small, and it was bright, and it was totally her own. Wren stopped, and stared, and sang it again. She could hardly believe that a sound so lovely had come from her.
Page 3
Her song drifted out of the cove and across the bay. The crabs stopped clacking. The seahorses stopped bobbing. The turtles stopped paddling, and the jellyfish stopped pulsing, and all the little fish stopped to listen. The whole ocean went quiet, as if it had been waiting for this song for a very long time.
Page 4
…and then?
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Story mood
Is it a wind-down book, or a wake-up book?
- SleepySnooze-ready
- SillySerious
- BraveBig courage
- CuriousFull of wonder
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Try this at home
Bubble song orchestra
Fill a few glasses with different levels of water and tap them with a spoon. Can your family play Wren's song together?
What your child will take away
- ✓Believing in your own voice
- ✓Taking turns and listening
- ✓Ocean animals
About the author
Theo Marlowe
A former lighthouse keeper's grandson who fills his books with tides, songs and salty air.
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