With its windblown illustrations and gratifying arc, The Storm Whale would be wonderful to read in the safe harbor of bedtime." The Wall Street Journal" Watch this interview with the author. Can you think of other questions that you would like to ask him? Has there been a particular person who influenced you – an artist or author for example, or someone completely other? I never expected that The Storm Whale would get a sequel. Sure, I hoped seeing the whale again, but I never expected we would get a whole new book! So I am absolutely delighted, and the story was once again absolutely adore, cute, and heartwarming. Did you rescue injured animals as a little boy? Just thinking of Noi and the care he takes of little storm whale.

I don’t remember a huge number of picture books from when I was little but Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea was a big favourite. Noi and his fisherman-father live on a remote island. Noi is always searching for the storm whale they had rescued and released together. When Noi’s dad travels into the wintery ocean on the final fishing trip of the season, Noi waits patiently at first for his dad to return. Eventually he can wait no longer, and travels out by foot on the frozen sea to search for his dad. With some bravery, and the help of his never-forgotten friend, Noi and his dad are reunited.

Once again, Davies s careful storytelling and muted artwork draw substantial emotional depth out of Noi and his father s seaside life, a setting both realistic and dashed with magic." Publishers Weekly, on The Storm Whale in Winter Simple but powerful. . . The world may still be as big and lonely and incomprehensible as the ocean, but still it's possible to find tremendous, heart-stopping tenderness." -- The New York Times Simple but powerful. . . The world may still be as big and lonely and incomprehensible as the ocean, but still it's possible to find tremendous, heart-stopping tenderness." The New York Times Benji describes the book as being like the journey home; just as Storm Whale takes us out to sea, the sequel carries us home, as we find that Noi’s kind deed to the little whale was never forgotten.

My grandad was big influence on me when I was growing up — I think he was responsible for giving me a love of books and the natural world. Whales are sometimes kept in captivity. Plan and carry out a debate to discuss the different points of view surrounding this issue. Simple but powerful. . . The world may still be as big and lonely and incomprehensible as the ocean, but still it's possible to find tremendous, heart-stopping tenderness." "The New York Times" Here is a trailer for the sequel to The Storm Whale. Could you make an animated trailer to promote this book? Noi paints pictures of the whale when he is gone. Can you paint your own pictures of whales and other ocean creatures?A thoughtful, emotive and heart-warming story that will capture your imagination and thaw even the bleakest of winters. We can’t think of a more perfect gift to find under the tree this Christmas.”

THIS WEEK author and illustrator, Benji Davies, creator of The Storm Whale and Grandad’s Island, launched his highly anticipated picture book, The Storm Whale in Winter. Write the conversation that Noi has with his father when the whale is discovered in the bath. Use direct speech and / or reported speech to record what is said. The choice of the whale came seamlessly at the point of inspiration as I remember it. The idea that a whale could be in the bath was so misplaced as a concept that the story began forming around that starting point.Once again, Davies's careful storytelling and muted artwork draw substantial emotional depth out of Noi and his father's seaside life, a setting both realistic and dashed with magic." -- Publishers Weekly, on The Storm Whale in Winter I also loved the Frog And Toad books by Arnold Lobel, and when I was bit older The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann. My all time favourite is The Little Grey Men by BB.