The Library Fish
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
In this sweet and adventurous picture book, an unusually literary fish leaves the safety of her bowl to explore her library home for the first time.
When Mr. Hughes finds a fish all alone in the library and names her Library Fish, she knows she’s found her true home. Library Fish makes friends in the library and on the bookmobile, checks that books are returned, and absolutely loves story time, when she can listen to all kinds of stories and poems, meet unforgettable characters, and travel around the world and even to other planets!
But one day, everything outside is covered in snow and no one comes to the library. Will Library Fish be brave enough to venture outside her fishbowl for the very first time and explore the library she calls home?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Readerly adventures await an aquatic bibliophile in Capucilli's imaginative celebration of libraries. From the moment Library Fish shows up on the checkout counter with the tag "loves stories," she becomes a beloved member of the institution's inclusive community, even accompanying the librarian, portrayed with brown skin, on bookmobile days. When a snowstorm unexpectedly keeps the library closed, the intrepid goldfish goes in search of her own stories, leaping from her bowl in an astronaut-like bubble helmet ("filled with all of the possibility of a great story"), submerging herself in storytime favorites, and then sharing them aloud with her fellow library-dweller, the bookmobile parked just outside the window. Jose's textured digital renderings cleverly incorporate collage, with bits of text peeking out beneath fantastical sequences of Library Fish's magical escapades. Ages 4–8.
