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Swimmy
I have have heard works from Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Marc Brown and David Wiesner, but I have finally stumbled upon some works that came from my childhood a long time ago and those works consist of Leo Lionni! “Swimmy” is a Caldecott Honor book by Leo Lionni and it is about how an unusual little fish named Swimmy, who survives a giant fish attack, tries to find another family to live with. “Swimmy” may have an intense scene with the big fish that might frighten small children, but I am pretty sure that most children will easily enjoy this book!
Once there lived a happy school of small fish who were all red except for one fish was black and his name was Swimmy. One terrible day however, a huge tuna fish came by and swallowed up all of the red fish except for Swimmy who had escape from the huge tuna. Swimmy, now the sole survivor of a tuna attack, then swims around in the deep watery world by himself in order to find a new family to be in.
Will Swimmy find a new family?
Read this book to find out!
Never have I read a children's book that has both effective drawings and a heartwarming story at the same time as Leo Lionni has made this book! Leo Lionni has done an excellent job at both illustrating and writing this book as it details the adventu
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Swimmy
LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
A real picturebook classic, this edition of Swimmy marks its 60th anniversary and it’s just as fresh, relevant and eye-catching as when first published.
Swimmy is a small, black fish living happily amongst a shoal of red ones until his red companions are all eaten by a larger fish. Sad and lonely, Swimmy swims on, discovering beauties of the ocean in the process: a forest of seaweeds growing from ‘sugar-candy rocks’; sea anemones like ‘pink palm trees swaying in the wind’; a lobster walking like ‘a wave-making machine’.
The glorious language is matched by the inventiveness of his artwork which, as Eric Carle says in his special introduction, is both childlike and sophisticated. The story concludes with Swimmy finding a new shoal to join, and by now he’s worked out a way for them to be safe from the bigger fish too. The story celebrates the power of teamwork but the overwhelming impression is the beauty of the sea and the power of the imagination.
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Swimmy Synopsis
Discover Leo Lionni's classic anti-bullying tale with this beautiful 60th anniversary re-issue of the Caldecott Honor Book, featuring a foreword from Eric Carle.
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