Swimmy by Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator)
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- Age Range: For infants or children in preschool
- Pub. Date: March 1963
- 32pp
- Sales Rank: 20,128
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Product Details
- Series: Knopf Children's Paperbacks Series
- ISBN-13: 9780394817132
- ISBN: 0394817133
Synopsis
Illus. in color. "An exquisite picture book. A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage himself and his new companions."--(starred) School Library Journal.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.
Children's Literature
After a big tuna fish gulps up a school of Swimmy's friends, the small black fish journeys through the ocean and comes face-to-face with many marvelous creatures. When he meets up with a school of frightened fish, Swimmy uses his creativity to show them how to swim together as a group and outsmart the other big fish in the sea.
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Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor Books. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.
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charming book on thinking skills and working togetherby Anonymous
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September 12, 2009: I think this book gives a super lesson on how important it is to think for yourself and how to work together for a very imoprtant life lesson. Thinking skills do not always come easy to some children, and in a whimscal way, the auther really uses these skills as a survival tool when everyone cooperates together.
My granddaughters loved this story. I used it as storytime for our tea party. I needed a story with a sea theme and a life lesson. This was the perfect one. Truely a book your child would want to read over and over again.My Favorite Children's Bookby Anonymous
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March 16, 2009: Swimmy is a truly wonderful book. I still, specifically, remember this book being read to me 30 years ago and I now give it as a gift to anyone who has a baby. It has lovely illustrations, but what I love best about the book is the positive messages: Not to take council of your fears, the strength of collective action and that it is ok, great even, to be different.
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