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1) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Peg, a big strapping seven-year-old lass who has caught everything else in the sea, joins the crew of the whaling ship Viper and sets out to catch herself a whale
3) Loud Emily
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl with a big voice who lives in a nineteenth-century whaling town finds a way to be useful and happy aboard a sailing ship
Author
Series
Survival! volume 9
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
169 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
During almost four years at sea with her whaling captain father, thirteen-year-old Rebecca finds life both boring and difficult--especially when the ship is nearly sunk by a hurricane
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"The original great white whale, first spied off the coast of Chile in 1810, becomes a prime target for whalers as he thrashes about the Pacific and achieves legendary status"--
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
219 p. ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Following their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use
8) Mighty Moby
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A bedtime story of a whale hunt inspired by the classic tale of the hunt for Moby Dick, here with a new twist. Deep in the dark ocean, Mighty Moby lurks. Up above the ocean waves, a one-legged captain pursues the whale he clashed with long ago.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
188 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents Melville's tale of Captain Ahab and his obsession with the great white whale, Moby Dick, condensed to twelve words, and accompanied by hand-felted illustrations.
12) Moby Dick
Author
Publisher
Campfire
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
84 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells in graphic novel format Melville's story about Captain Ahab's search for Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him
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