The Leaky Whale

Laura Johnson,Jack Johnson

The Leaky Whale
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Commonwealth Editions
Published
7 July 2015
Pages
36
ISBN
9781938700354

The Leaky Whale

Laura Johnson,Jack Johnson

The Leaky Whale tells the delightful story of a whale named Earl who, by helping a crew of friendly seamen in a terrible storm, was helped by them in return. This long out-of-print classic was originally published in 1946. The charming and colorful watercolor illustrations were created by Charles Darby, who died in England returning from a World War II mission in 1944. Darby’s close friend Jack Johnson, and his wife Laura Johnson, were determined to share the illustrations with young readers and so, wrote the story and arranged for the book’s publication. Darby and Johnson were both members of the legendary Beachcombers artists club in Provincetown, Massachusetts. When the New York Times reviewed the book in 1946, its reviewer wrote: When this book was read to ten four-year-olds, they wanted it ‘again’ and at the end of that reading, ‘again.

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