Pout-Pout Fish: Back to School

by Deborah Diesen, Dan Hanna (Illustrator)

Overview

Get ready to go back to school with the Pout-Pout Fish! Mr. Fish is going back to school to be a substitute teacher, and he's nervous—until he meets a little guppy who can help him! At an affordable price point, this new format is fun and accessible for Mr. Fish's fans and newcomers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780374310479
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	05/14/2019
Series:	Pout-Pout Fish Adventure Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Deborah Diesen has worked as a bookseller, bookkeeper, and reference librarian. Her first book, The Pout-Pout Fish, was a New York Times bestseller and one of Time magazine’s Top 10 Children’s Books of the Year. She lives in Michigan with her family.

Dan Hanna has over ten years’ experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on BBC America and the Cartoon Network. He lives in Camarillo, California.

Editorial Reviews

Fans of Pout-Pout Fish will get a new perspective in this back-to-school title that shows even adults get nervous when facing the new and unknown.” —Kirkus Reviews

Praise for the Pout-Pout Fish series:

"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

"The playful, rhyming verse is well matched with Hanna's funny cartoon illustrations." —School Library Journal

"Fans of this series will appreciate Diesen's rhythmic - and ultimately reassuring - text, and Hanna's sunny illustrations contain many clever details." —Booklist

From the Publisher

2019-05-08
Mr. Fish provides a glimpse of a substitute teacher's first day of school.

Though it's not the official first day of school for everyone, it is the first day Mr. Fish will be a sub. At the school entrance, he meets a small, nervous little fry wearing glasses who is just starting school. Pout-Pout Fish tells him they will have to help each other, and they do, each one drawing on his own confidence and skills when the other is lacking. Mr. Fish remembers where the classroom is, and the fry breaks the ice for the nervous teacher by asking him to tell the class about his own school days. Mr. Fish shares his lunch when the little fish realizes he's forgotten his, and the fry invites Mr. Fish to play with the students at recess (their ball is the clam they all recently sat with at lunch). It's a successful day for everyone. Hanna's cartoon illustrations share the same animation aesthetic that marks the series. This is meant for a younger crowd than the original Pout-Pout Fish books, and this title includes sheets of stickers in the front and back (evidently for general decoration, as there is no indication they should be applied to the book).

Fans of Pout-Pout Fish will get a new perspective in this back-to-school title that shows even adults get nervous when facing the new and unknown. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews