Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
269
Points per Word
0.001859
Page Count
28
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
When a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach, a boy discovers the whale is a good listener, and a father discovers the boy is lonely. Together, they return the whale to the sea, and the boy learns that the father can be a good listener, too.