This is a wonderful story about Dale the whale who, when he goes up to the top of the sea, sees other characters playing on the beach and he wants to make friends with them. So he offers to take them to the island with golden sand to meet his other friends and to play together. This story explores how Dale the whale convinces his new friends to trust him and to take risks. Join Dale in his adventures through the sea to find new friendships. This is a story about finding friendship, acceptance of others, taking risks and building trust. There are also four fun and engaging activities for your reader to complete in order to check and reinforce comprehension and learning. This is the second read-aloud book in 'Sounds make Words make Stories' Series 2. This is a structured reading program that introduces sound groups in a systematic and uncluttered way. It builds confidence and capability in your new reader by only focusing on new sounds together with those already learned. The program contains self-reader books as well as read-aloud story books. 'Dale the Whale Finds New Friends' acts a s a back drop to introduce the characters from the self-reader books in series 2 and series 2+, books 3 through 6. This program has had success with young readers, stubborn readers, readers with learning difficulties and readers with English as a second language. It has been proven to be an excellent educational tool within schools as well as for home learning.