The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Sterer, Gideon

Skyfishing

40 pp. | Abrams | April, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-1911-0 $17.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Poly Bernatene. A girl and her fisherman grandfather, who has just moved to the city from the countryside, use their imaginations to "fish" off the fire escape. They catch "Green Danglers" (houseplants) and "Laundry Eels" (socks) before setting their sights on the elusive, underground-dwelling "biggest fish" (the subway). Bernatene's imaginative waterlogged cityscapes play along with the fantasy in this warm and humorous story of intergenerational companionship.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee