Look Out for the Big Bad Fish!

by Sheridan Cain, Tanya Linch (Illustrator)

Tadpole is distressed because all of the animals he encounters can jump and he has not yet learned how, but the ability comes to him just at the right time

Genres: Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Stacey Bookerworm]

My little boy loved the bits where is says ‘boing’ but wandered away in between because he was bored.

A nice little story with beautiful illustrations but not interesting enough

[Amanda Zell]

The pictures in this book were very bright and colorful and had different variations in the elements of art than other books that I had read.

The illustrator of this children's book did not waste an inch of his page. There was no negative space as every page was filled with high intensity color, pictures with a very rough texture and non-defined lines. The color as said above was high intensity and the colors that were used were very "underwater" type colors, such as teals and blues. The texture of the pictures were unlike any I had every seen. While the color had a smooth texture, the outlining of the creatures and back round had a very rough and "touchable" appearance. There were no straight lines in this book. Many of the lines would considered to be curved. But, what is interesting is how few of lines there are. They only exist in the outlining of the pictures.

[Carol Royce Owen]

Tadpole is anxious for the day when he can jump as high as his mother, as high as the lamb, higher than the bunny, and higher than the grasshopper. Will it be in time to keep him from the Big Bad Fish?

[Ashley]

Alice loved this story about a tadpole who wants to be able to jump like his mother. He meets lots of other animals that jump, but he can't jump. Finally, he meets the big bad fish and learns that he has grown big enough to jump away from danger. Very cute story. Alice approved.

[Lindsay]

frog/tadpoles, new beginnings, ponds/water, spring/summer, animals for puppets = fish, frog, tadpole, grasshopper, lamb, rabbit

[Siskiyou-Suzy]

Very stupid. Big bad fish doesn't show up until the end, and until then the stupid tadpole just goes around asking if everyone can jump. The illustrations are super ugly too.