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Bennett, Kelly

Not Norman: A Goldfish Story

32 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-2384-9 $15.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. A young African-American boy is unhappy with his birthday present: a goldfish he names Norman. His awakening to Norman's virtues is so gradual and funny that readers won't mind that they can predict the book's ending: the boy can't go through with trading Norman for a more charismatic pet. Appealing digitally rendered art is clean-lined without looking synthetic.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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