The little fish that got away

The little fish that got away

Bernadine Cook

Book - 2005

A little boy goes fishing every day, but he never catchesanything -- no, not a single fish. So he waits. He waits and waits and waits and waits, and one day, a GREAT GREAT big fish swims by ... Persistence pays off and faith is rewarded in this witty twist on an old fisherman's tale, illustrated by the incomparable Crockett Johnson.

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Subjects
Fishing stories > Juvenile fiction.
Fishing > Juvenile fiction.
Fishes > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Genres
Picture books
Published
[New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers 2005, c1956.
Language
English
Main Author
Bernadine Cook (-)
Physical Description
unpaged : col. ill. ; 20 cm
ISBN
9780060557140
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Some old favorites are now available to a new generation of readers. The omniscient narrator of The Little Fish That Got Away by Bernadine Cook, illus. by Crockett Johnson, originally published in 1956, will win readers over as he or she addresses them directly: "Once upon a time there was a little boy who liked to go fishing. See, there he goes, over there on the other page." A clever use of repetition reinforces the boy's patience as he waits for a nibble on his bait, and Johnson's visual variations are so subtle that the pages almost serve as a flip book. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by Horn Book Review

A determined little boy goes fishing every day and never catches anything, until one amazing day when his luck finally turns. The minimal text and simple pictures (in a new color palette) make this story just right for three-year-olds to memorize and ""read"" to themselves over and over again. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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