One Lonely Fish

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Release Date: 
January 30, 2017
Publisher/Imprint: 
Bloomsbury USA Children
Pages: 
22
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One Lonely Fish is a counting book with a bite! With diecut shaped pages children will be able to count from one through ten in a fun and simple way.

Each page in this colorful book has ocean characters that are consistently hanging around as they watch the nature of life unfold in front of them. One lonely fish swims in the sea looking for food, but what he doesn’t realize is that he might be the food for someone else who is on the prowl. The odd shaped pages make it very clear that there is always a bigger fish out there.

Young children will delight in counting how many fish show up on the pages. As they get to ten a surprise awaits them when all the fish, except for one, suddenly disappear. 

Children will love the colorful and repetitive pictures in this 22-page picture book. Young children as early as age three can easily grab the durable pages and begin to count the number of fish as well as to see the number on the page to recognize it. Children will also be able to see how the fish are getting bigger the higher the number is, which builds anticipation to the end where they meet the biggest fish of all. 

Overall, this is a well-developed, simple concept book that is visually appealing to young children who will want to read it over and over again to learn the concepts of counting and sizes.