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Captain Ship and the Whale

by Eiko Kadono
illus. by Tomoko Omura

Ages 7 UP

Captain Ship challenged a boy to a fishing game. To impress the boy, Captain Ship said he could catch a whale by making himself the bait… and they did! His boat Cha-cha tugged the whale along to prove his ability. But everyone thought the whale had saved the boat and Captain Ship was just boasting…

16 x 21 cm, 72 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published October 2008