Includes factual information about whales and whale strandings
Summary: A small boy and his Nan discover a whale (Wera) on their local beach and call on their community, who help comfort and re-float the whale at high tide. Everyone helps to return Wera, from 80-year-old Nan and her 8-year-old grandson Tama, to Sally from the Department of Conservation and the workers at the cheese factory. (Publisher)
Sequel to Smiley Shark
Summary: Finley's mum warns him to stay close to her so that he doesn't get lost. 'If you can't see me, just sing and I will find you,' she says. But Finley doesn't listen. He swims too far and soon he's all alone! How will he find his way back
Summary: Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on the tail of a humpback whale. Together they travel the oceans, visiting places all over the world, until one day the whale becomes stranded in a bay and it’s the snails turn to ensure the whale gets rescued. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Enthralled by her grandmother’s story of seeing and hearing whales singing in
the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herself and to hear their mysterious
songs
Summary: Jake lives with his father in a remote part of the Wairarapa, where he can surf and watch the whales. But then Jake's dad begins a relationship with a new partner, who moves in with her daughter Stephanie, and at the same time a local photographer starts stalking their next door neighbour Milton Summer, an international rock celebrity, and Jake's peaceful life erupts into volence and deceit. An when a whale and her calf get into trouble on the treacherous coast, the history of Whale Pot Bay seems doomed to repeat itself unless Jake, Milton and Stephanie can survive the deadly tide
