Big Fish Little Fish

by Jonathan Litton, Fhiona Galloway (Illustrator)

Overview

Children will learn opposites in this playful book filled with with bright, bold illustrations and sturdy board pages. Finger-holes that decrease in size with each turn of the page add to the fun!

Learn opposites with My Little World! Each sturdy board page features an interactive finger-hole for little hands to manipulate as they turn the page. Bright, bold colors and simple scenes follow a variety of fish as they travel through the ocean. Young readers meet friendly fish that are long and short, slow and fast, asleep and awake, happy and sad, and more. The finger-holes decrease in size with each turn of the page, which adds to the fun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589252158
Publisher:	Tiger Tales.
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Series:	My Little World Series
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	345,890
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Jonathan Litton has written numerous children's books in prose and verse. He loves using his science background to write about sea creatures, space and saving the planet, but is also fond of penning stories about pirates, princesses and picnics. When not writing, he can usually be found on his bike.

Editorial Reviews

01/01/2017
Toddler-PreS—Bright, simple illustrations convey opposites in this fun board book that makes fun use of a fish-shaped die-cut that gets progressively smaller. Little ones will enjoy grasping and flipping each page. Each spread stands alone, and there is no larger story. While the tale feels a bit choppy, this style is perfect for young listeners and makes the book an easy storytime choice, since pages can be skipped with ease.

School Library Journal

2016-04-13
A mix of marine-life fact and fiction introduces opposites.With its iconic shape, the eye-catching cover cutout of a bright-orange fish is instantly appealing. Layered die cuts of decreasing size provide texture and handholds for little fingers and form the bodies of varying species of fish. Information about fish habits and habitats is crammed into wordy rhymes with the opposing terms in boldface, but the accuracy of those facts is debatable. Though it's fair to call the eel "long and very wiggly," contrasting it with a generic, short yellow fish that's a rhyme-forced "giggly" introduces a jarring anthropomorphism. In fact, stereotypical human emotions or motivations are attributed to the fish on almost every page. On another page, the slow fish (the only fish not painted with a smile) says, "Even with a big head start, I knew I'd finish last"—a distressingly defeatist message in an otherwise cheery board book. Inexplicably, the final spread depicts all the fish in party hats—turning it into a birthday book. While this may extend its use in day cares, it doesn't help young children learn opposites.A fishy tale that doesn't quite swim in the crowded sea of concept books. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews