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The Fisherman and the Turtle

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The Fisherman and the Turtle by Eric A. Kimmel

In the tale of “The Fisherman and the Turtle,” set during the time of the Aztecs, a fisherman catches a magi cal turtle who grants wishes in exchange for being released. The fisherman’s wife nags her husband to ask for increasingly extravagant wishes, and in the end learns that greed is not the road to happiness.

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ISBN-13:	9781477816721
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	07/23/2013
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,112,425
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	AD430L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

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K-Gr 3- In ancient Mexico, a fisherman catches a green sea turtle in his net. The turtle is one of the seven sons of Opochtli, god of the sea, and will grant the fisherman a wish in exchange for his freedom. The fisherman's wife is dissatisfied with her husband's wish for a good catch and sends him back to wish for first wealth and then power. Unhappy with both, she wants to become a god. Paddling out into the black water of an angry sea, the fisherman calls out one final time to the turtle, who asks what the man wants for himself and grants it. He returns to his hut to find his wife a stone statue, like the other Aztec gods. Aviles uses acrylics and liquid watercolor, as well as motifs from Aztec art, in the brightly patterned illustrations. She changes the placid, blue-green sea in the opening pages to a truly frightful place at the end. Kimmel reminds readers that "the great turtle still swims in the sea" and asks what they might wish for. Pair this story with Margaret Read MacDonald's The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle (August House, 1997) or a version of the Grimm brothers' "The Fisherman and His Wife" for an interesting exploration of the same folktale in different cultures.-Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN

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The Grimms' familiar tale of "The Fisherman and His Wife" gets an Aztec setting enhanced by Mexican artist Aviles's simple, cheerful illustrations. The fisherman captures in his net a green sea turtle who is one of the seven sons of Opochtli, god of the sea. In return for releasing him, the turtle grants the fisherman a wish-for (all he can think of) four fish. The greedy wife scolds him for asking for so little, and orders him to return to ask for a stone house. She is happy "for now" but soon wants to be the king, and then a god. The result of her final wish is a satisfying surprise. Kimmel concludes that while the mighty Aztec empire is long gone, the great turtle still swims in the sea "as he has since the beginning of time," and asks, "If you met him, what would you wish for?" This welcome variant is well-suited to reading aloud, discussion and comparison. (author's note) (Picture book/folklore. 4-8)

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