Swimmy by Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Artist)
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(Paperback - Reissue)
- Publisher: Random House Children's Books
- Pub. Date: April 1973
- ISBN-13: 9780394826202
- Sales Rank: 6,318
- 32pp
- Series: Children's Paperbacks Series
- Edition Description: Reissue
- Edition Number: 1
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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.
Annotation
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.
More Reviews and RecommendationsBiography
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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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.
The difference is in the mentality, not the color!by Anonymous
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August 08, 2007: This is a great book for teaching children that just because someone, or an animal, looks different that they or it is worthy of ridicule. They're not! Just like the rabbit in vol.1 of Skog Forest.
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