The whale's tale and the otter's side of the story a book to read from front to back and back to front
"A boastful whale and a showboating otter compete in a battle of words to prove that each is the greatest animal ever to swim the seas. Read one way, the first-person text brags about whales' superiority; read the other way, it extols how much better otters are. Using true information about the two...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2026]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20260421135600.0 | ||
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| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a [E] |2 23/eng/20260408 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Messner, Kate, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The whale's tale and the otter's side of the story : |b a book to read from front to back and back to front / |c by Kate Messner & [illustrated by] Brian Biggs. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, |c [2026] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2026 | |
| 300 | |a 1 volume (unpaged) : |b color illustrations ; |c 28 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | |a still image |b sti |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | |a "A boastful whale and a showboating otter compete in a battle of words to prove that each is the greatest animal ever to swim the seas. Read one way, the first-person text brags about whales' superiority; read the other way, it extols how much better otters are. Using true information about the two marine species to make both arguments... [this book illustrates] how the same words can be used to express contradictory opinions when speakers have a one-sided view of theworld"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 521 | 1 | |a Ages 4-8. |b Clarion Books. | |
| 521 | 2 | |a Grades K-1. |b Clarion Books. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Whales |v Juvenile fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Otters |v Juvenile fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Debates and debating |v Juvenile fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Competition (Psychology) |v Juvenile fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Perspective (Linguistics) |v Juvenile fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Competition |v Juvenile fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Perspective (Philosophy) |v Juvenile fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Humorous fiction |v Juvenile. |2 local | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Animal fiction |v Juvenile. |2 local | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Picture books. |2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Biggs, Brian, |e illustrator. | |
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
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| 949 | |a schlow |b SJEN |c MES |d o |e 39635104929913 |f 827255 |g loc |j 08/20/2026 | ||
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