How to Catch a Fish

by John Frank

Book Overview

A FISHING TRIP AROUND THE WORLD Thirteen linked verses and handsome, mood-drenched paintings show how we catch fish--from New England to the Arctic, to Japan and Namibia and beyond. This lovely picture book--about fishing, geography, people and customs, and the bond between parent and child fishing together--will appeal to everyone who's cast a line in the water.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596431636
• ISBN13: 9781596431638
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.2" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A read-aloud treat to share between parents and children who love the sport and art of fishing.

Written by Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book author John Frank, How To Catch a Fish is a unique children's picturebook offering thirteen different poems about fishing under different conditions worldwide. The soft, slightly abstract yet vividly evocative illustrations by Christopher Medal-winning artist Peter Sylvada perfectly complement the primal rhythm of the verses. For example, the poem that describes seine fishing in Turtle Bay, Tobago reads, "Within the early hours of day / we launch our small boat from the beach / and spread our net out on the bay, / then shortly after drag it back / upon the shore, and sort the catch- / anchovy, tuna, kingfish, jack- / and if we're lucky there'll be lots / to fill the village supper pots." A read-aloud treat to share between parents and children who love the sport and art of fishing.