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Hooray For Fish!
by
Lucy Cousins
Revel in all things fishy in this undersea riot of color and rhyme — an oversize read-aloud from picture book artist Lucy Cousins.
Paddle along with Little Fish on a mesmerizing underwater tour of friends spotty and stripy, happy and gripy, hairy and scary, even curly whirly and twisty twirly. From the creator of Maisy comes an eyepopping picture book that is sure to have l...more
Paddle along with Little Fish on a mesmerizing underwater tour of friends spotty and stripy, happy and gripy, hairy and scary, even curly whirly and twisty twirly. From the creator of Maisy comes an eyepopping picture book that is sure to have l...more
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I read this fun, colorful book to a group of kids, mostly ages 2-8, at a homeless shelter in the city last night. They LOVED it! We stopped and looked at the funny illustrations of all kinds of delightful fish (one little girl even noticed a fish whose scales were painted like leaves).
The easy rhyme and fun rhythm, paired with the vibrant imagery, was great and kept their attention throughout. And the surprise ending was a heart warmer, especially close to Mother's Day. I recommend this fun bo...more
This is the best kind of picture book! We check out 50 library books at a time and this is one of the very best. My 18 month old has been dragging it around for three weeks because it is big and bright. My first and second grader read it and enjoyed the clever illustrations (they don't usually even pick up the picture books). Today I read it for my preschool and it held the attention of all six kid. It was big enough for everyone to see, they couid count, practice colors, practice opposites, rhy...more
This didn't hold X-man's attention at all...
And it didn't hold much interest for me. The fact it is a picture book about fish meant I was making comparisons with Dr. Seuss's One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. I wasn't exactly enamoured with Dr. Seuss's book, and this book didn't compare favourably...
And it didn't hold much interest for me. The fact it is a picture book about fish meant I was making comparisons with Dr. Seuss's One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. I wasn't exactly enamoured with Dr. Seuss's book, and this book didn't compare favourably...
This book is wonderful for toddlers just getting into reading. Little Fish swims around the ocean greeting all the other fish he sees. The fish uses descriptive language to help youngsters with vocabulary. The book has real vibrant illustrations that can be easily used for a preschool lesson. In the end, he is swimming for his mother which is a sweet ending. There is not much story to this book, but it is certainly visually appealing with great use of descriptive language.
This super cute, oversize picture book will be a big hit with your little ones. The bright colors in the illustrations are fun and inviting.
There is just enough text on each page to keep things moving so that young children will stay interested. The vibrant colors and silly words are what make this book such a treat!
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There is just enough text on each page to keep things moving so that young children will stay interested. The vibrant colors and silly words are what make this book such a treat!
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This book was chosen for my read-aloud in my LIS 510 class at the University of Kentucky because of the vivid and bright illustrations. We were instructed to pick a picture book that we think children would want to have read to them. My favorite part about this book is the page where it asks how many fish can the reader see. It's great having the kids interact while using their ability to count.
The summer reading program this summer (2010) is Make a Splash with Reading, so story time today was 5 fish books. This is the type of story that explores all different types of one thing, really exploring adjectives. The colors were nice and there were heavy black outlines to make the images stand out. Not my favorite book of this type, it it was alright, and a board book.
My 8 month old LOVES this book. She cannot get enough of it. If it were just me, I would probably give it 3 stars, but my daughter is so obsessed with it that there must be something about it that really appeals to babies. The bright, bold pictures are cute. The story is very simple. A baby fish swims around saying hello to various friends.
Apr 28, 2008
Barbara
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
PreSchool
Shelves:
picture-book-concept,
controlled-vocabulary
Summary (CIP): Swim along with Little Fish and meet all his fishy friends in a splishy, splashy riot of color and rhyme under the sea.
REVIEW: This cheerful and imaginative oversized boardbook with concepts and controlled vocabulary hits a little of everything: rhymes, opposites, a few numbers, colors, and patterns galore. Did you ever see fish with hearts, stars, or clouds on them? Or a peacock fish? You’ll see it all in this fun book that ends with a reunion with momma fish and ‘kiss, kiss, kis...more
REVIEW: This cheerful and imaginative oversized boardbook with concepts and controlled vocabulary hits a little of everything: rhymes, opposites, a few numbers, colors, and patterns galore. Did you ever see fish with hearts, stars, or clouds on them? Or a peacock fish? You’ll see it all in this fun book that ends with a reunion with momma fish and ‘kiss, kiss, kis...more
An excellent book for new readers. Most sentences are three words or less, so students aren't intimidated to read themselves. And yet a lot of comparative adjectives, with accompanying pictures for each. Derivative of a small section of a Dr. Seuss book whose name escapes me, at the moment, but more in depth.
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Lucy Cousins, BA Honours in Graphic Design from The Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Brighton Polytechnic, postgraduate degree from Royal College of Art, is an author-illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her books featuring Maisy Mouse but she has also published other children's books including one about Noah's Ark. She is a mother of four and lives in Hampshire, England. Her ow...more
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Oct 31, 2012 07:03am