Trout, Trout, Trout!: A Fish Chant (American City Series) - Hardcover

April Pulley Sayre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559718897 ISBN 13: 9781559718899

Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc, 2004

Synopsis

This hilarious fish chant has had fish lovers laughing since 2004 when the hardcover was released. Now available in paperback, the jaunty text begs to be chanted out loud. Wacky, bold illustrations add even more humor, yet accurately depict dozens of freshwater fish. This unique concept teaches kids the names of fish in an entertaining way. This picture book is more than just laugh-out-loud fun. Four pages of fact-filled end matter provide lots of information to satisfy teachers, parents and kids who want more, more, more! Even non-fish lovers will giggle their way through this book. The interactive chant and repetition of words is perfect for classrooms, storytime read-alouds or for bedtime!

About this title

About the Author:

April Pulley Sayre is the award-winning author of more than 50 books for young readers including If You Should Hear a Honey Guide; Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!; and River and Stream. She has also written for Ranger Rick and World. Sayre's books, renowned for their lyricism, accuracy, and sometimes silliness, have been translated into French, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. April really is interested in the ecology of freshwater fish, but she just can't stop laughing at their common names.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:As a kid, Trip Park had every kind of aquarium fish, and with a pond in his backyard and a lake in his town, he quickly became an amateur expert on his scaly friends. Trip was drawn to advertising, as an art director long before he illustrated, and his editorial cartoons have been in Greensboro's News & Record and USA Today. He also illustrated Gopher Up Your Sleeve, a children's picture book written by Tony Johnston. Trip currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and his own school of four children.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2–This creative fish chant is sure to please Finding Nemo fans. Sayre uses an amazing array of freshwater fish names to form her rhythmic text: "Paddlefish,/Flagfish,/they're all real./Mosquitofish, Sunfish,/Eel, Eel, Eel!" Digitally created on a Macintosh, the brightly colored cartoon caricatures of the creatures are humorous. A "Bigmouth Buffalo" sports a western hat and sheriff's star, while a "California Roach" holds a surfboard under its fin and wears a cool-dude expression on its face. A four-page glossary includes a short, factual paragraph on each species. This humorous romp through a lake will delight children who are fascinated with the underwater world.–Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1559718897
• ISBN 13: 9781559718899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Trip Park