Ice Whale

Quick, interesting book that follows the life of a whale and its repeated interactions through generations of two families- one, descendants of native Inuit Alaskans, and the other, of American Yankee whalers. The audio inserts recordings of whale songs which is pretty neat but I think the story wou......more

Adventurous story as only Jean Craighead George can tell! This follows the story of a bowhead whale from birth until the year 2048, as well as Eskimo Toozak and his family and how the whale is a part of their life. It begins when the whaling ships were at their peak enterprise. Toozak has the good l......more

This was such a fantastic story set in Barrow, Alaska! I was a little leery thinking it might be overly biased and preachy. On the contrary, I thought it was very true to the culture of Eskimos. There was the tiniest mention of evolution which I'm perfectly fine with reading. The character Emily Too......more

Ice Whale tells the stories of a bowhead whale, Siku, and an Eskimo family. The story begins in 1848, when a young Eskimo boy, Toozak, witnesses a whale being born. This is really, really rare. (In fact, it is only in the last couple of years that anyone has actually witnessed the birth of a right (......more

I've loved George's books since way back when I was in fourth grade and first read My Side of the Mountain. I was sad when she died, and very happy when I saw that there would be one more book. It's a lovely book. It isn't for everyone, but I enjoyed it very much. It's got some Julie of the Wolves f......more