Big Bear and Little Fish
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Publisher Description
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Friendship comes in all sizes. At the carnival, Bear wants to win a teddy bear as big as she is. Instead, she gets a fish. A very little fish. Bear is so very big and Fish is so very small that Bear worries they have nothing in common. With the help of Fish, Bear learns that although she and Fish are different, they are also a little the same.
Gentle, accessible prose by Sandra Nickel is paired with richly textured illustrations by Il Sung Na in this sweet story about accepting others for who they are.
Big Bear and Little Fish was named a Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book by the National Council of Teachers of English. The Charlotte Huck Award recognizes fiction that has the "potential to transform children's lives by inviting compassion, imagination, and wonder."
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"If only Fish were a teddy bear," Bear repeatedly thinks to herself upon returning home from the fair, having won a goldfish rather than the hoped-for plush teddy. The narrow-minded protagonist fixates on what seem to her like insurmountable differences. While Bear sees herself as "big," Fish is so small that she lives in a bowl; Bear likes to eat food that's golden, like Bear is, but doesn't have anything orange to give Fish. But Fish, bespectacled and bookish, exudes confidence, and when Bear declares that things aren't working out, the aquatic roomie persuades her to alter her perspective about their compatibility and to broaden her sense of self. Na's digital artwork aptly supplies iridescent landscapes representative of Nickel's emphasis on perspective-shifting. An honest and encouraging tribute to the way companionship can emerge in unexpected forms. Ages 4–8.
