Cousins, Lucy. 2005. Hooray for Fish!
Written and illustrated by Lucy Cousins, this book is cute, fun, and educational. Little Fish is a bright orange baby fish who introduces the reader to all his fish friends. The fish themselves introduce the baby reader to concepts such as colors, spots, and stripes and to opposites such as happy and gripy. By the end of the book, Little Fish has introduced, Spotty Fish, Stripy Fish, Happy Fish, Gripy Fish, Ele-Fish (yes, she looks like an elephant), and so many more. But alas, Little Fish asks,
So many friends, so many fish, splosh, splash, splish!
But, where's the one I love the best, even more than all the rest?
"Hello, Mom."
"Hello, Little Fish."
Kiss, kiss, kiss,
Hooray for fish!
What mom doesn't love that ending! For that reason, Ladybug loves this book. But Snugglebug loves it because he has a thing for fishy books. Big Fish, Little Fish by Ed Heck is still one of his favorites. The illustrations of this book are bright and fun and far from realistic, keeping Snugglebug's attention quite well. Ladybug loves the unique way Cousins introduces such ordinary concepts, making this book one of our everyday readers.
© Becky Laney of Young Readers
3 comments:
This one was such a favorite with my little one that it didn't survive the first year. The board book is now in several pieces. Well loved for sure! :)
We like this one very much too!
This one helped my lil one learn to read when he was only 15 mos old!! it keeps the attention of the lil ones with all kinds of fish to count, colors to explore, and easy sentences to remember!!!
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