Red Tag Comes Back

by Fred Phleger, Arnold Lobel

Good story of a boy who adopts a salmon. Read about the life cycle of this fish. The Ranger tags the fish. Does he come home ? Read it and find out !

Genres: Childrens

64 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1961

Reviews

[Prabhat sharma]

Red Tag Comes Back by Fred Phleger Illustrations by Arnold Lobel- Children’s Colour Picture Book- Aku, a child is sitting on the bank of a river. He views small red fish. He knows that it is a Salmon fish. He likes to view the activity of the fish. Just then a Ranger arrives. He collects the fish in his net and labels a red tag on each of the salmon fishes. He tells Anu that this process is necessary to study the life cycle of Salmon fishes. Anu adopts a Salmon. In this river or in the sea wherever, tagged Salmon’s are found, the people inform the Fisheries Department. Thus a study is conducted on Salmon fishes. The story narrative states that salmon fish moves out of the river and enters the sea. Here she locates variety of food. She eats and eats. Her size and weight increases. But in the sea there is danger. Large fish devourers small fishes. She has to move fast out of their way to save her life. She travels a forward journey. About 4- years her backward journey begins. Salmon has to face similar life threats. She travels back and reaches the same place from where she began her journey. Aku is waiting to rec0gnise her with his younger brother. I have read this book in Hindi language. Coloured illustrations help the reader to relate to the story.

[Rachel Green]

I thought this book was fun and cute. It was engaging in the way that even in short sentences it drew readers into the story of the little fish, Red Tag, and her adventures. Even in the few short pages I found myself invested in Red Tag's endeavors and wanted to see her make it home. This book was quite the page turner, even though it was quite simple. I also admired the way that a lot of good science-y knowledge was tucked into the pages for kids to learn about, such as the way that salmon leave the streams they were born in but return to them by swimming upstream when it is time for them to lay their eggs at the end of their lives, and the way that the salmon use their tails to dig the holes for the eggs into the riverbed. I also thought it was so cool the way that the process of tracking and studying fish by tagging them was introduced! Plus I loved the nature drawings throughout the book. It was very cutesty and peaceful and I love it.

[Ardyth]

An early reader which almost earns an "It's fine but not mind-blowing, worth a buck if you see it" rating... except for this one small problem:

the text differentiates between "men" and "Indians."

Common enough for 1961, I realize, but there's hardly a dearth of early readers for 21st century children. Just skip this one.

[Jordan Jancz]

First book read.

[Garland]

Great early reader for a 7-9 year old beginner reader!

[Beverlee Jobrack]

Great way to learn about salmon through a story.

[Chad Brick]

One of my favorite childhood books, but I had long forgotten it before my sister-in-law gave a copy to my brother as a Christmas gift a few years back. Apparently it was one of his favorites too, despite him being a complete non-reader. To my everlasting joy, my sister-and-law gave me a copy the next Christmas.

[Katie]

Another one of my all time favorites. This one is out of print from what i know, I got it on ebay for a reasonable price. (my old copy was falling apart)

[Dawn Summers]

My favorite childhood book! Out of print but a dear friend found a copy for me.. Love it

[Cws]

BR-Phl