The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Carney, Margaret

The Biggest Fish in the Lake

32 pp. | Kids Can | April, 2001 | Trade ISBN 1-55074-720-7 $$15.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Janet Wilson. The young narrator's grandfather, with whom she shares a love of fishing, gives her a spinning rod and takes her on a trip to try it out. She catches a large muskie but ends up releasing the beautiful creature; her grandfather's reaction reveals the warm relationship between the two fishing buddies. Despite a few awkward places and inconsistencies, Wilson's watercolors offer sensitive portraits of both setting and characters.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert