McFarlane, Sheryl,

Waiting for the whales / written by Sheryl McFarlane ; illustrated by Ron Lightburn. - Twenty-fifth anniversary edition 2016. - 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.

"An Orca classic"--Cover.

n this timeless classic set on the West Coast, an old man lives alone on a bluff overlooking the sea, tends his garden and waits. Only when the whales return each year to the bay in front of his cottage is his loneliness eased. One day his daughter and her baby return home to live with the old man, bringing a renewed sense of purpose to his life. As his granddaughter grows, the old man passes on a wealth of knowledge and wisdom as well as his passion for the whales. And each year they wait together for the whales to appear.

ISBN: 9781459813687 (paperback)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Loneliness
Killer whale
Grandparent and child