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"When Claire is stranded on the boat after her father is thrown overboard in a storm, she spends days and nights alone, her only solace being the whales that seem strangely to accompany and protect her." (Source: Trove)
Notes
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Dedication: 'For Leila' (V.K.) 'For my father' (V.G.)
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Epigraph: 'I shall sleep, and move with the moving ships, / Change as the winds change, veer in the tide.' (A.C. Swinburne, The Triumph of Time).
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 31)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 24)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book -
Victor Kelleher : A Common Heritage
1994
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 8-9) -
Form, Content in Harmony
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 July 1994; (p. C10)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book -
Cover Book : Where the Whales Sing
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 9 no. 2 1994; (p. 4)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book
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Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; (p. 24)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book -
Family Ties that Strangle
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 July 1994; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Family : A Collection of Short Stories 1994 anthology short story ; Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book -
Whale of a Tale
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 2 July 1994; (p. 3)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book -
Helpful Friends Needed
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 162 1994; (p. 66-67)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book ; Peter and the Polar Bear 1994 single work picture book -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 2 no. 3 1994; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Where the Whales Sing 1994 single work picture book -
Victor Kelleher : A Common Heritage
1994
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 8-9)
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