{"id":1427,"date":"2010-05-05T22:02:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T02:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2010-05-05T22:02:48","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T02:02:48","slug":"review-of-the-pout-pout-fish-by-deborah-diesen-and-dan-hanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=1427","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Pout-Pout Fish, by Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Pout-Pout Fish<\/em><\/p>\n

by Deborah Diesen
\nPictures by Dan Hanna<\/p>\n

Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2008. 32 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Here’s a picture book that’s absolutely perfect for reading aloud to preschoolers, particularly ones young enough to still like kisses.<\/p>\n

The Pout-Pout Fish has a big, clownlike frown with puckered, pouty lips. He’s also got a refrain. When the other fish and sea creatures ask him to cheer up in their own rhymed and jazzy ways, the Pout-Pout Fish replies, <\/p>\n

“I’m a pout-pout<\/em> fish
\nWith a pout-pout<\/em> face,
\nSo I spread the dreary-wearies
\nAll over the place.<\/p>\n

BLUB
\nBLUUUUB
\nBLUUUUUB”<\/p>\n

This scenario repeats with a variety of sea creatures, when along comes a girl fish who shows him that puckered lips have a much better use than pouting! So the book finishes up with our friend singing his song in a modified version, now declaring himself a kiss-kiss<\/em> fish.<\/p>\n

I read this book at a storytime with very young preschoolers, and got them making pouty faces and singing the fish’s song along with me. We all had a delightful time.<\/p>\n

This wonderful book is delightfully silly and naturally interactive. A fantastic Storytime stand-by.<\/p>\n

Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Find this review on Sonderbooks<\/a> at: www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/pout_pout_fish.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n

Source: This review is based on a library book from the Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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