Cappy and the Whale

Regular price €18.50
a monster calls
a short history of tractors in ukrainian
A01=Kateryna Babkina
A12=Julia Pylypchatina
Age Group_Ages 5-7
Age Group_Ages 5-7
animals
Author_Julia Pylypchatina
Author_Kateryna Babkina
automatic-update
B06=Hanna Leliv
benji davies
books for 7 year olds
Category1=Kids
Category=YFN
Category=YFP
Category=YNNJ14
Category=YXA
Category=YXFD
Category=YXLB1
COP=United Kingdom
death and the penguin andrey kurkov
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
dogs
emma carroll
eq_childrens
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_personal-social-topics
eq_teenage-young-adult
family
how to read a book
katherine rundell
kiran millwood hargrave
Language_English
marina lewycka books
nature
oliver jeffers
PA=Available
patrick ness
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch
storm island
the storm whale
the truth pixie matt haig
timothy snyder on tyranny
ukrainian children's books
war doctor david nott
young adult

Product details

  • ISBN 9780241615423
  • Weight: 406g
  • Dimensions: 217 x 227mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Oct 2022
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 5-7
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days

Our Delivery Time Frames Explained
2-4 Working Days: Available in-stock

10-20 Working Days
: On Backorder

Will Deliver When Available
: On Pre-Order or Reprinting

We ship your order once all items have arrived at our warehouse and are processed. Need those 2-4 day shipping items sooner? Just place a separate order for them!


Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls, and with beautiful colour illustrations throughout, Cappy and The Whale is a unique and wonderful Ukrainian story which Puffin are proud to publish in English for the very first time.



One morning I glanced out the window and saw a whale floating in the sky. The whale was blue and grey, large and clumsy, yet he was just rolling along and gliding on the warm sunny breeze with surprising grace.

When eight-year-old Cappy discovers a whale swimming outside of his bedroom window, it's fair to say he's quite surprised. Given how long he's spent in hospital, Cappy has had plenty of time to read a LOT of books on animals, and he's never heard of a whale that can fly.

What with his leukaemia, Cappy's used to not being allowed to do things he wants - like eating sweets, playing with dogs, or roaming too far from his protective family - so he's delighted when the amazing whale not only speaks to him, but asks him to join him for a ride in the sky. Soon, Cappy and the whale are the best of friends, and together they will go on an amazing journey of imagination, hope and curiosity.

To mark the publication of this book in hardback, Puffin is donating £5000 to the National Literacy Trust's campaign to support Ukrainian child refugees. Puffin does not expect to make a profit from this title, but any publisher profits driven by sales of the hardback book will additionally be donated. More information on the scheme can be found at: www.literacytrust.org.uk/ukraineappeal

Kateryna Babkina (Author)
Kateryna Babkina is an award-winning Ukrainian poet and writer. She writes books both for children and grown-ups, teaches creative writing, and writes film scripts.

Hanna Leliv (Translator)
Hanna Leliv lives in Lviv, Ukraine, where she works as a freelance translator and runs literary translation workshops at the Ukrainian Catholic University.