Beginner Books(r): A Fish Out of Water (Hardcover)

from orthros

What would happen if you (naughtily) overfed your li'l ol' goldfish? Helen Palmer shows us, using P.D. Eastman's fantastic drawings. This was a favorite of mine as a child, and the moral lesson (obey adults!) is timeless and non-preachy. Great stuff.

from shazam79

this is longer than i usually read for storytime, but it captured the children's attention, and they loved it

from REINADECOPIAYPEGA

This book was written the year I was born and I probably read it for the first time 4-5 years later. It was a favorite of mine then and I have to admit 50 years on, it still made me smile. A

from sweetiegherkin

A Fish Out of Water is a beginner book written by Helen Palmer, based on a short story titled "Gustav, the Goldfish," written by Palmer's husband Dr. Seuss. In the book, a little boy (the unnamed narrator) buys a fish at the pet store and is instructed not to overfeed him. The boy comes home and ...

from LynleyS

Created Dr Seuss style, this prose sits uncomfortably between rhyme and not-rhyme. However, it settles into not rhyming, for the most part, and my daughter enjoyed the story. She thought that at the end the fish was going to be returned to the ocean. Instead, the pet shop owner magically makes th...