My Goldfish by Barroux
If you are a parent of young children and don’t currently have a goldfish in your house then I would not recommend My Goldfish by Barroux. After you read this book together they will beg you for a goldfish of their very own. Every time you go to the store, they will beg you to go to the fish display. They will be very upset when you just look at the fish as opposed to immediately summing a clerk over right away to pick out which fish you will naturally take home.
But if you have a fish at home and perhaps are looking for a way to get rid of that fish, oddly enough My Goldfish will help you in that area as well. This book just happens to end with the very old goldfish jumping out the bowl and leaving. Where too? To swim with the great white fish of course (perhaps they’re white because it’s fish heaven).
I love the big thick lines and bold color in the illustrations for My Goldfish. The fish bowl is front and center in each picture. And the fish is quite talented as it’s proud owner would love to tell you. He’s strong. He loves to dress up for Halloween (my boys favorite picture spread), he loves to sing, he even goes on vacation and comes back sunburned. Some days he lives like a pig and must have his bowl changed everyday, other days he acts like he might be in love.
A fun look at pet ownership although I suspect that reading this book would actually be more entertainment than watching a goldfish. So for now (and hopefully forever) you will find no fish at our house.
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Genre: Picture Book,, Fiction. Approx ages 4-8.
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. January 20, 2009
Hardcover, 32 pages. ISBN 080285334X
Copy source: Review copy for 2009 Cybils picture book nomination for which I was a panelist.
My Goldfish is available from your favorite independent bookstore, Powell’s, and Amazon.
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Tags: A-D Author, Cybils 2009 picture book nomination, Fiction, M-P Title, male author, published 2009, Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
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viz pet goldfish–there are fish, and there are pets. I still miss Blackspot. Silveryfin and Goldtail were boring, but Blackspot would leap out of the water and splash when he saw me coming. And I trained him to swim through a hoop. I miss that fish….the kids want to try again, but my heart’s not in it.
on September 23rd, 2010 at 4:54 amThis was one of those Cybils nominations that I wouldn’t have found, and I totally loved. It makes me smile just hearing about it again.
on September 23rd, 2010 at 7:50 am