Awards
- Commended for Indies Choice Book Awards (Picture Book) 2009
- Runner-up for Volunteer State Book Awards (Primary) 2012
- Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Picture Book) 2010
- Winner of Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award 2010
Overview
Movie in theaters now! A New York Times Bestseller A TIME Magazine Top Ten Children's Book Turn little pouts into big smiles with the splashy first book in the New York Times bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series! Deep in the water, Mr. Fish swims about With his fish face stuck In a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up? Will his pout ever end? Is there something he can learn From an unexpected friend? Swim along with Mr. Fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading ""dreary wearies"" isn't really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhymes come together in this fun fish story that's sure to turn even the poutiest of frowns upside down. There are more Pout-Pout Fish and Worry-Worry Whale books in the sea: The Pout-Pout Fish In the Big-Big Dark The Pout-Pout Fish Goes To School The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish The Pout-Pout Fish, Far, Far From Home The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark The Pout-Pout Fish and the Can't-Sleep Blues The Pout-Pout Fish Cleans Up the Ocean The Pout-Pout Fish and the Mad, Mad Day The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale The Worry-Worry Whale and the Classroom Jitters The Worry-Worry Whale Made 32 Mistakes The Worry-Worry Whale and the Halloween Scaries (Coming soon!)
Full Product Details
Author: Deborah Diesen ,
Dan Hanna
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 26.40cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 26.20cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9780374360962
ISBN 10: 0374360960
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 18 March 2008
Recommended Age: From 3 to 6 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Younger kids will love the repetition of the verses in this tale of a pout-pout fish. -- TIME magazine, from its Top 10 Childrens' Books of 2008 List Winning artwork...Hanna's cartoonish undersea world swims with hilarious bug-eyed creatures that ooze personality -- Kirkus Reviews Appealing...the cartoon illustrations of undersea life are bright and clean and the protagonist's exaggerated expressions are entertaining. --School Library Journal Diesen's clever rhymes are playful and fun and are sure to keep children's imaginations swimming from page to page. --Times Record News
Younger kids will love the repetition of the verses in this tale of a pout-pout fish. --TIME magazine, from its Top 10 Childrens' Books of 2008 List Winning artwork...Hanna's cartoonish undersea world swims with hilarious bug-eyed creatures that ooze personality --Kirkus Reviews Appealing...the cartoon illustrations of undersea life are bright and clean and the protagonist's exaggerated expressions are entertaining. --School Library Journal Diesen's clever rhymes are playful and fun and are sure to keep children's imaginations swimming from page to page. --Times Record News
Author Information
Deborah Diesen is the bestselling author of The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark. She grew up in Midland, Michigan, and started writing poems at a young age. She has worked as a bookseller and a librarian, and now works for a small nonprofit organization, but her greatest joy comes from writing for children. She lives with her family in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Dan Hanna has over ten years' experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on the Cartoon Network. He lives in Oxnard, California.
