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32 pp.
| Farrar |
March, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-36096-2$16.00
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Illustrated by
Dan Hanna.
"I'm a pout-pout fish / With a pout-pout face, / So I spread the dreary-wearies / All over the place." Such is Mr. Fish's resigned explanation to the other sea animals for his round-the-clock gloom. The all-you-need-is-love ending is a kick, the rhymes are faultless, and the immensely satisfying illustrations call to mind sea life as interpreted by Jim Henson.