Baby Whale's Journey cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 3.5
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 467
Points per Word 0.001071
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

Baby Whale's Journey follows a newborn sperm whale born off the Pacific coast of Mexico as she begins life in the ocean. The book depicts the calf nursing, communicating with her mother through clicks, and practicing behaviors such as diving, spy-hopping, lob-tailing, and rolling while learning the ways of the sea. It is aimed at early readers in grades K-3 and presents the calf's growth and development in the ocean environment.