© 2000 Terry Widener
Clients: Simon & Schuster
             HarperCollins Canada
Medium: Acrylic on Paper
Size: 23"X 9"
Use:Children's  Book
Ttile: "Peg and the Whale"

AWARDS
A whale of a tale... An ALA Booklist Editors' Choice for 2000
* An ALA Booklist Editors's Choice& Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Selection

REVIEWS

From School Library Journal
" Done in acrylic on paper,Widener's paintings have a bright quality and bits of exaggerated humor
that suit the larger-than-life tale. A whale of an adventure story  with a thoroughly likable heroine."
By KATHLEEN KELLY MACMILLAN , Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
"Award-winning illustrator Widener showcases the witty exaggerations of the  story in his vibrant acrylics.
The double-page spread showing tiny Peg in yellow oilskins scanning the sea atop the enormous whale is,
in itself, a tribute to courage.
Children will like the way the illustrations splash across the pages, the tale's delightful humor, and the wonderful
rhythm of the words. " By CONNIE FLETCHER
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

From The Globe and Mail
"Gather up your tall-tale lovers -- this one's bound to make a splash." -- The Bulletin "A whale of a tale, full of humour and Jonah-esque allusions." --

From Kirkus
"Fans of Edward C. Day's John Tabor's Ride, or Alexis O'Neill's Loud Emily, will delight in this new nautical yarn." --

From Horn Book Review
Terry Widener's rounded figures look as if they might have been made by Fisher-Price, in keeping with the narrative's playful delivery and air of embellishment.
Other details are delightfully depicted in pictures and words.
When the whale takes a turn through the Arctic, Peg rides atop its back and keeps warm ""by doing jumping jacks and singing sea shanties."
" Her cozy home-away-from-home in the whale's belly, furnished with assorted swallowed items, includes a vase full of tastefully arranged fish skeletons by her bedside.
In the end, of course, she becomes far too fond of the whale to keep it for a trophy. The last spread shows her on land-she's already conquered the ocean, after all-striding
toward a distant peak. Watch out, Mt. Everest. c.m.h. Copyright 2000 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
From HORN BOOK, Copyright © The Horn Book

From Kirkus Book Review
"Red-haired and rosy-cheeked, Peg exudes self-confidence in Widener’s richly colored acrylics—and is that a twinkle of amusement in the immense, dark-gray cetacean’s eye?
After a tour of the frozen North, Peg steers her finny friend homeward for a joyful (but temporary, as there are still worlds to conquer) family reunion.
Fans of Edward C. Day’s John Tabor’s Ride (1989), or Alexis O’Neill’s Loud Emily (1998), will delight in this new nautical yarn."
(Picture book. 6-8)
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From Editors's Choice& Canadian Children's Book Centre
In this humourous nautical tall tale, Kenneth Oppel and illustrator Terry Widener have created a feisty, independent child hero for the ages.