The Little Red Fish
A little boy enters a library with his grandfather and his little red fish at his side. But when he awakes after falling asleep amidst the library shelves, his fish is missing. Could his little friend have disappeared into that red book over there on the shelf? Join us in celebrating this...
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A little boy enters a library with his grandfather and his little red fish at his side. But when he awakes after falling asleep amidst the library shelves, his fish is missing. Could his little friend have disappeared into that red book over there on the shelf? Join us in celebrating this stunning debut by first-time illustrator Taeeun Yoo. With dreamlike qualities of early Maurice Sendak and fine etchings that strongly evoke the mysterious and the magical, The Little Red Fish pays homage to imagination and the power of a good book.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780803731455 (0803731450)
Publish date: March 1st 2007
Publisher: Dial
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
It took me a while to decide I liked this book, but at a certain point I tipped headlong into, well, maybe not love, but one of those strangled feelings of respect and reverence. There are altogether too many children's books that fetishize libraries – and possible too many adult books as well. As m...
Dreamy, magical, beautiful. The spare text and several wordless panels make this a particularly nice one to share with younger children.
16 years ago
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