Bestselling back list title well known in the SF/Bay area, but this sweet story should appeal to any child interested in whales. Children's bookstores and stores with good children's sections nationally should be interested. approx 20,000 copies sold since first publication in 1992, continues to sell 2,500 copes per year This new & updated edition is a chance to introduce the inspiring story of Humphrey on a more national level. author Wendy Tokuda is a familiar name and popular media figure in the Bay Area The prior edition was licensed and adapted by Reading Rainbow in 1989, Season 6 episode 1, featuring LeVar Burton and narrated by Jane Pauley. See IMDB listing for more info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683404/ Full video also available on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/6276518

 

There are 36 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Stone Bridge Press .

Hanako Wakiyama has also suffered through the itchy torment of chicken pox. She is the illustrator of Too Big!, by Claire Masurel, and lives in San Francisco with her husband and young daughter. Wendy Tokuda is a well-known media personality who has anchored and reported in the Bay Area for nearly 30 years. She has won the Peabody Award, a National Emmy for Public Service, the national Sigma Delta Chi Public Service Award, the NAB Education Foundation's "Service to America" Award and most recently, the Temple Award for Creative Altruism. Richard Hall is an award-winning TV and film producer and the president of Great Blue Productions in Los Angeles. Hanako Wakiyama was born in Tokyo and moved with her family to California as a teenager. She is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Her credits include From Dawn to Dreams: Poems for Busy Babies, Best Pet of All [Modern Gems Edition], Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox, Little Bo Peep Can't Get to Sleep.