Don't Trust Fish
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- USD 8.99
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- USD 8.99
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An absurdly laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the villainy of fish, illustrated by National Book Award-winning creator Dan Santat
"A ribald and uproarious warning to those unschooled in fishy goings-on." —Kirkus, starred review
ONE OF SLATE'S 25 GREATEST PICTURE BOOKS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS
ONE OF BOOKPAGE'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Booklist, School Library Journal, Book Riot, Chicago Public Library, NPR
Why, dear reader, must you NEVER EVER trust fish?
1) They spend all their time in the water where we can’t see them.
2) Some are as big as a bus—that is not okay.
3) We don't know what they're teaching in their "schools."
4) They are likely plotting our doom.
This nature-guide-gone-wrong is a hilarious, off-the-rails exploration of the seemingly innocent animals that live in the water.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This animal guidebook send-up starts innocently enough, with a portrait of a dairy cow alongside a simple description of mammalian characteristics: "This animal has fur. This animal is warm-blooded." Entries for a reptile and bird follow before a page turn reveals an outsize fish. "This is a FISH," bold-faced type declares. "DON'T TRUST FISH." Sharpson (When The Sparrow Falls) expands: "Fish don't follow any rules.... They are rebels and outlaws." A hint about the screed's possible source soon appears: "Some fish eat poor, innocent crabs who are just trying to have a nice time in the sea." Further sins are documented: "The angler fish attracts poor defenseless crabs by glowing. This is called ‘bioluminescence.' It's also called ‘cheating.' " Caldecott Medalist Santat fires up the comedy with goggle-eyed vignettes of crafty fish, spying fish, disguised fish, and more. "They may already be in your home," attends an image of a goldfish surveilling a family's children, then escaping down a tunnel to report to its boss. The claims push ever further into conspiracy territory before the hand-wringing, claw-waving crab is revealed in this rapid-fire comedy of piscine paranoia. Ages 3–7.
