Kirsten Pendreigh’s MAYBE A WHALE, a journey of healing about a girl who reluctantly embarks on a kayak trip with her mother and, immersed in the healing beauty of the sea, finds herself able to articulate her grief for her recently deceased grandpa and share her yearning to see her first whale—something she was supposed to do with him, illustrated by Crystal Smith, to Emma Sakamoto at Groundwood Books, for publication in fall 2023, by Natalie Lakosil at Irene Goodman Literary Agency while at Bradford Literary Agency (world).