Narwhal, Candace Fleming
Narwhal, Candace Fleming
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Narwhal
Unicorn of the Arctic

Author: Candace Fleming

Narrator: Fred Berman

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2024

Synopsis

Venture to the Arctic Ocean and discover real life underwater unicorns--narwhals--in this nonfiction picture book, adapted for audio.

You are a narwhal.
Shy... Swift... Small...
Humans call you unicorn of the Arctic.

When winter ice covers the Arctic Ocean, a narwhal pokes his head through a patch of open water, his tusk--a six-foot long tooth--pointed to the sky.

Join this mammal as he jousts with another narwhal, floats with his pod, and uses echolocation to find his prey. When warmer weather arrives, he will migrate towards summer ground. But he must be careful! Predators--orcas and polar bears--will be hungry and looking for a meal.... How will the narwhal escape? Will he be able to return to the winter bay? 

Nonfiction master Candace Fleming delivers an audiobook, uniquely told in second person, that expertly explores the mysterious and fascinating unicorn of the Arctic.

About The Author

Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many acclaimed books for children and young adults. Her most recent fiction picture book, Mine!, illustrated by Eric Rohmann, received two starred reviews. Her previous collaboration with Rohmann, Honeybee, received seven starred reviews as well as the Robert F. Sibert Medal, and appeared on countless Best of the Year lists. Candace and Eric's other nonfiction picture book, Giant Squid, received three starred reviews, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, a NCTE Orbis Picture Book Honor, a Robert F. Sibert Honor, and was a Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year. Candace lives outside of Chicago.Deena So’Oteh holds an MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts. Her extensive editorial and book cover work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration and 3x3 Magazine. Her clients include The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NPR. Narwhal is her debut picture book. Deena splits her time between New York City and Switzerland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by DaNae on November 24, 2024

The writing is riveting, with two nail-biter danger parts where Fleming juices up the peril of living in the wild. I would give a five to the composition and dynamic placement and page-turns of the pages, but there was something about the computer generated artwork that I found disappointing.......more

Goodreads review by Beth on July 16, 2024

Stunning......more

Goodreads review by Bridget on January 16, 2025

Interesting info about narwhals and GORGEOUS illustrations.......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on March 10, 2025

A nine-year-old narwhal travels with his pod as they make their annual migration north for the summer and then south again for winter in this work of narrative non-fiction from veteran children's author Candace Fleming and illustrator Deena So'Oteh, a commercial artist who makes her picture book deb......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 29, 2024

There's something fascinating and mysterious about narwhals with their long, pointed tusks. Youngsters interested in marine animals or those like me who find these unusual animals ever intriguing. With exquisite, inviting text, this picture book puts readers right into the head and body of a male na......more

Quotes

★ "Together, art and text make this species biography not merely a lesson but an adventure, too." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Rich in facts and feelings, a warm invitation to join the pod of sea mammal lovers." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "This will be popular with animal lovers everywhere—particularly those convinced these unicorns are imaginary." —Booklist, starred review

★ "Readers are immediately immersed in the life of a narwhal as the unseen narrator invites them into the narrative....striking and informative." —The Horn Book, starred review

"The digital art embodies an approach of wonder and science....This would make an informative class read, or as a nonfiction companion to the sillier Narwhal of the Narwhal and Jelly series." —The Bulletin

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