Everything about this book is gorgeous - the illustrations, the lyrical words of the story, the story itself, and even the font.

This is the second story of young Noi and his father, who live at the sea's edge with six cats. In their previous book, they rescue a lost storm whale. In this sequel, it is the whale's chance to rescue them!

The Storm Whale in Winter is a masterpiece. ( )

This story is about a boy who at first in a search of a whale that he and his dad rescued the summer before. It is now winter and his dad sets off for his last fishing trip. The boy patiently awaits for his dad to return but he never does. The boy goes off and searches for his dad, finds his dads boat, but not his dad. The little boy stays in the boat. With the help of a friendly whale, the whale reunites the boy and father, rescuing them in return.

Age: 5+
Source: JBLM Grandstaff Library
Book was used for strategy instruction: Effective Questioning for Adv Lang and Literacy Methods Class at Pierce College

A father and son saves a whale. The little boy keeps a look out for his whale but never sees him it ends up being something else. The father goes out for one last fishing run but ends up not coming back and the weather has turned bad and the ocean froze. The little boy goes out looking for his father and get lost after finding the boat but no dad. The whale finds the boys and helps rescue him.

Age- 3+
Source- Tacoma Public Library

Noi, his fisherman father, and his cetacean friend return in this follow-up to The Storm Whale, as the little boy waits one winter night for his father to return from his last sea voyage of the season. When his father does not come home, Noi sets out to find him, walking carefully across the frozen waves. But when he finally does happen upon his father's boat, he finds it empty! Fortunately for Noi, his whale friend comes to his rescue, breaking the ice (together with his whale pod), and shepherding the little boy to shore, and to his father.

Although I didn't find the story here quite as poignant as in the first book, probably because that initial tale focused on Noi's feelings of loneliness, and on his father's understanding of his actions in bringing the whale home, it was still appealing. I enjoyed revisiting these characters, and think that young readers and listeners will feel the same. The artwork in The Storm Whale in Winter was every bit as gorgeous as in the first, depicting the warmth of Noi's home (with six cats!) and the frigid depths of the winter sea beautifully! My favorite scene, visually speaking, was the one in which the pod of whales is seen from underneath, approaching the boat in which Noi is resting. Recommended to anyone who enjoyed The Storm Whale, as well as to anyone looking for picture-books with a seashore/marine theme. ( )