The WorryWorry Whale and the Classro..., Deborah Diesen
The WorryWorry Whale and the Classro..., Deborah Diesen
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The Worry-Worry Whale and the Classroom Jitters

Author: Deborah Diesen

Narrator: Fred Berman

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2024


Synopsis

The Worry-Worry Whale and the Classroom Jitters features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of the classroom and the bubbles of their fishy friends!

First introduced in The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale, Willa Whale is the star of her own spin-off series, inspired by the New York Times–bestselling Pout-Pout Fish books from Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna. In this story, Willa overcomes her fear of getting called on in class.

Circle Time is starting,
But Willa’s feeling worried.
“What if I get called upon?”
Her tummy’s getting flurried!

Swim along with Willa Whale as she develops strategies and confidence for raising her fin. She might just discover that sharing our ideas, thoughts, and questions will help us learn and grow!

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

About Deborah Diesen

Deborah Diesen has worked as a bookseller, bookkeeper, and reference librarian. Her first book, The Pout-Pout Fish, was a New York Times bestseller and one of Time magazine’s Top 10 Children’s Books of the Year. She lives in Michigan with her family.

About Dan Hanna

Dan Hanna has over ten years’ experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on BBC America and the Cartoon Network. He lives in Camarillo, California.

About Fred Berman

Fred Berman is a five-time winner of the AudioFile Earphone Award for Audiobook Narration and the recipient of the 2013 Audie Award for narration in Spy the Lie. He has read a number of audiobooks for young listeners, including Judy Blume’s Soupy Saturdays with The Pain & The Great One and Andrew Clements’s The Last Holiday Concert. He has also narrated the audiobooks for Robert Kirkman’s popular series, The Walking Dead.Berman is an accomplished actor of both the stage and screen as well, performing on Broadway as Timon in The Lion King and off-Broadway in Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. On television, Berman has had roles on NBC’s hit series Smash as well as All My Children and Law and Order. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan

This book provides such good strategies for nervous anxious children. Willa Whale's mom and dad deserve their own books for role playing with their daughter and getting her to internalize strategies and responses to help her deal with her classroom anxiety. I mean, the teacher had some good response......more

Goodreads review by Grace

Willa the whale is terrified of being called on in class. However, with some strategies from her parents, and a helpful rhyme, she sees that she can do this difficult task.......more


Quotes

"A tale sure to buoy young readers." —Kirkus