{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1499816073?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"1499816073","authors":["Robin Yardi"],"book_id":"9781499816075","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/i-know-the-whale-a-social-emotional-picture-book-for-kids-9781499816075","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781499816075.jpg?v=6653c00d70b6a185","description":"When a little girl discovers a beached blue whale, the biggest mammal on earth teaches her some of the largest lessons in life, about the beauty in all things big or small. I know the whale lived. I know the whale sang. But when it washes ashore, the whale isn't singing anymore. The little girl doesn't know how to feel, and Papa tries to answer all her questions about it. Time passes, and the whale, and Papa, aren't there anymore. But when it's announced that the whale's bones will be displayed at the local museum, she knows she has to see it again. And even though it's gone, she knows that the whale is still just as beautiful as all the quiet wonderings she has about where it might be now. This poignant picture book touches on the grief and beauty of death and loss, wonder at the scientific and spiritual unknown, and the space to embrace big questions and feelings.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781499816075","publication_date":"20250401","publisher":"little bee books","slug":"i-know-the-whale-a-social-emotional-picture-book-for-kids","subtitle":"Hardcover – Picture Book, April 1, 2025","title":"I Know the Whale"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"JNF053030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Death & Grief","score":0.7694,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV002170","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Marine Life","score":0.7643,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"JNF053030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Death & Grief","score":0.7694,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV002170","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Marine Life","score":0.7643,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"JUV002170","confidence_band":"high","label":"Marine Life","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV039030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Loss & Grief","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV039050","confidence_band":"high","label":"Big Feelings","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Death & Grief","score":0.7694,"slug":"death-grief"},{"label":"Marine Life","score":0.7643,"slug":"marine-life"}],"reader_fit":["Children exploring grief and big feelings through a picture book."],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["James Robinson"],"book_id":"9780593523957","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593523957.jpg?v=53b6a5869517ee48","score":0.7262,"title":"Whale Eyes","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593523957"},{"authors":["Taryn Schuelke"],"book_id":"9780241743324","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780241743324.jpg?v=cd73dd79b65f5c44","score":0.7216,"title":"A Kids Book About Death","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780241743324"},{"authors":["Alex Boersma","Nick Pyenson"],"book_id":"9781250803023","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250803023.jpg?v=321063dd0d1e4272","score":0.7182,"title":"The Whale Who Swam Through Time","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781250803023"},{"authors":["Jennifer Szymanski"],"book_id":"9781426337130","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781426337130.jpg?v=f9b3c90b4cc8cc57","score":0.7053,"title":"Whales (national Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-reader)","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781426337130"},{"authors":["Brian Skerry","James Cameron"],"book_id":"9781426221873","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781426221873.jpg?v=e8c4d3464bcef181","score":0.7002,"title":"Secrets of the Whales","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781426221873"},{"authors":["Rosanne Parry"],"book_id":"9780062995933","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062995933.jpg?v=0ad034fd920f3c2b","score":0.6968,"title":"A Whale of the Wild","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062995933"},{"authors":["Megan Madison","Jessica Ralli"],"book_id":"9780593520987","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593520987.jpg?v=d6e216f8e4a57e9b","score":0.6917,"title":"Goodbye: a First Conversation About Grief","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593520987"},{"authors":["Angie Lucas"],"book_id":"9781683641841","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781683641841.jpg?v=bfb4edb35e73c0c0","score":0.6912,"title":"My Big, Dumb, Invisible Dragon","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781683641841"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:kids with questions"],"label":"Kids","score":1,"slug":"kids"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books about death for children"],"label":"Children","score":0.2129,"slug":"children"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books about death for children"],"label":"About","score":0.1333,"slug":"about"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:marine life"],"label":"Life","score":0.0567,"slug":"life"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Grief and loss, Scientific and spiritual questions, Beauty in life and death.","Pacing: reflective, voice-and-character forward.","Themes: Kids, Children, Life."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.91,"pacing":"reflective","reader_fit":["Children exploring grief and big feelings through a picture book."],"themes":["Grief and loss","Scientific and spiritual questions","Beauty in life and death"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":5,"goodreads_ratings_count":55,"goodreads_reviews_count":15,"quality_score":0.8686}}