Sonata for Fish and Boy
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Music inspires friendship and a life full of dreams and adventure in this wordless picture book from Milan Pavlović.
When a fish hears the singing of a violin, it is drawn out of the water and into the world of a young musician sitting on a shady bench. Soon fish and boy are flying over the rooftops together, past lively street musicians, a flock of birds, then from planet to planet, before landing back on earth for an idyllic afternoon in the park. In a forest of giant dandelions they discover a little house where a band plays cheerily, then, swept up by the wind, they tumble past a familiar-looking tree and bench, where the violin lies waiting to be played once more.
Milan Pavlović’s wordless picture book celebrates the joy to be found in music, friendship, dreams and adventure.
Key Text Features
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A child and a fish form a lifelong bond over their mutual love of music in this transportive wordless picture book by Pavlovic´. Rendered in colored inks and pencils, the book opens in blue-accented grayscale with a smiling, big-eyed fish that's drawn to the surface by the sound of a child playing violin on a nearby bench. When the pale boy snuggles down for a nap, the fish floats out of the water and awakens him before, together, the duo flies over now vibrantly colored landscapes: past a trio of musicians entertaining dancers in a warm-toned town square; past crooning birds in shades of green, to bounce off planets in a cool-toned cosmos; and more. Returning to the opening palette, the book closes with the child as an older, cane-using figure, playing violin once again for the fish to jump into his arms. An inventive celebration of music, imagination, and friendship. Ages 3–7.
