Stranded

by Jan Ramage, Mark L. Wilson (Illustrator)

The bay was awash with stranded whales. Their high-pitched calls filled the air. Ben had to get help.

Based on the true story of a town whose people saved 120 beached whales, Stranded is the story of one little whale, and the boy who risked his life to save it.

Genres: Picture Books

40 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2010

About the author

Jan Ramage is a Perth-based primary school teacher and has been involved with running Professional Development sessions on literacy and writing, speaking engagements, festivals and workshops with various schools around Perth since her first book, Eyes in the Night, illustrated by Laura Peterson, was published and won the Crichton award for illustration in 2006. Her second children’s book, Tuart Dwellers, was a CBCA Notable Book, shortlisted for the Eve Pownall Award and won the Wilderness Society Environmental Award in 2009; her third, Stranded, which was illustrated by Mark Wilson, was shortlisted for the Wilderness Society Environmental Award in 2011; and her fourth book, Deepsea Whale Rescue, also illustrated by Mark Wilson, won the Whitley Zoological Award in 2013. Jan has also contributed articles and poems to Landscope, the WA’s Conservation, Parks and Wildlife magazine.

Reviews

[The Styling Librarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stranded by Jan Ramage, illustrated by Mark Wilson – 2010 – Touching beached whale rescue story from Australia. Just love how determination, community effort, selflessness, and caring were demonstrated in this easy to read aloud story. Special to think about how humans can make a difference. At the end of the book there is an author’s note about how the book is based on two rescues of whales at Busselton, Western Australia. One rescue brought in 1500 people to save over 120 stranded false killer whales. All but one whale survived. Great book to connect to learning about community action.

[Dianne Wolfer]

The words and illustrations in this story are both beautiful. A goosebumps book.