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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Moby Dick, or, The white whale Moby Dick, or, The white whale Patricia Daniels A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuitof the white whale Moby Dick. OL13571984W
The second adventure The second adventure Dustin Evans,Baron Specter While in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, Joey and Tank board a whaler that is on display and soon find themselves part of its ghostly crew. OL15082659W
Moby Dick Moby Dick Herman Melville,Shirley Bogart A specially adapted version of Herman Melville's famous novel [Moby Dick] abridged, simplified and condensed for young readers by Shirley Bogart. A small size, illustrated book - one of the Illustrat… OL15146670W
Born in the year of courage Born in the year of courage Emily Crofford In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade b… OL16100288W
Emanuel and the whale oil lamp Emanuel and the whale oil lamp Heidi Smith Hyde Nine-year-old Emanuel stows away aboard a whaling ship until the Hanukkah candles in a window light the way to bring him home. OL16175852W
If ever I return again If ever I return again Corinne Demas In 1856, twelve-year-old Celia Snow sets sail with her parents on her father's whaling ship and chronicles her subsequent adventures on the more than two-year voyage in a series of letters written to… OL16550610W
Moby Dick, or The White Whale Moby Dick, or The White Whale Geraldine McCaughrean,Manuel Broncano,Mariano Antolin A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick. OL17190057W
Moby Dick Moby Dick Will Eisner Ishmael, a sailor, recounts the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him. Presented in comic book format. OL1871514W
Moby Dick Moby Dick Herman Melville,Bernice Selden A young seaman joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick. OL2989251W
Moby Dick Moby Dick Herman Melville,Bill Sienkiewicz Ishmael, a sailor, recounts the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him. Presented in comic book format. OL3635797W
Peggony Po Peggony Po Andrea Davis Pinkney Peggony-Po, carved out of wood by his father, a one-legged whaler, determines to catch the huge whale that ate his father's leg. OL477232W
Moby-Dick Moby-Dick Kathleen Olmstead An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick. OL5712732W
Voyage of ice Voyage of ice Michele Torrey In 1849, fifteen-year-old Nick and his older brother, longing to be whalers, sign on as hands on the whaling ship Sea Hawk, and find that the journey is full of hardship and unexpected dangers. OL5717117W
Whale snow Whale snow Debby Dahl Edwardson At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale to his people and their culture. Includes facts about the Inupiat and the bowhead whale. OL5954392W
Moby Dick Moby Dick Lew Sayre Schwartz,Dick Giordano,Steve Urbon Ishmael, a sailor, recounts the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him. Presented in comic book format. OL6026081W
Moby Dick Moby Dick Donna Carlson,Herman Melville A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale, who defied capture. OL6026575W