The Whale (Lighthouse Family)

Another short lovely tale that teaches children the importance of helping others.The plot is fun and it's easy for kids to follow the story.

Cynthia Rylant is a marvelous author and obviously quite prolific. She is the author of the "Poppleton," "Henry and Mudge," and the "Cobble Street Cousins," series as well as numerous other books. I bought this particular series for my nieces (ages 4 and 7). They are short, almost novellas, but Rylant does not "talk down" to her audience instead exposing our young ones to higher level vocabulary. The adventures the Lighthouse Family have, especially the three orphaned/adopted young mice, are exciting, but quiet; no extreme violence, fearful chases or shoot 'em up. They make great bedtime reading.

This book is a part of a wonderful series by Cynthia Rylant! I was struggling to find good read aloud chapter books to read to my girls (3 and 5) after picture books but before long books like Charlotte's Web. These are perfect for that in between time! The vocabulary is wonderful and the pictures are engaging. We read one short chapter each day. My girls woke up each morning asking to read from the books.

After reading The Storm, The Whale was a little less enduring. This book didn't offer as much depth as the first book in this series (The Storm). Our team was considering a book for comparison, in a series by the same author.

Only three stars because I bought the entire series and three of them were published by Simon & Schuster and two were SMALLER and were published by Alladin. I would have much prefered to have them all the same size. I actually tried to find the ones that were smaller, The Storm, and The Whale, but they don't seem to be available in the larger Hard Cover format.

Great intro into chapter books. Short but it has vivid vocabulary!

Kids love the characters!

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