| | One Small Fish |  | Author: Joanne Ryder
Creator: Carol Schwartz
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Category: Book
Buy Collectible: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1650284
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 0688070590
EAN: 9780688070595
ASIN: 0688070590
Publication Date: June 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Signed by author, light wear on jacket, pages are unmarked, binding is tight.
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Product Description
Time moves so SLOW on a Friday afternoon in science class. Then one bored student stares into a fish tank and WHOOSH--waves rise higher and higher until the classroom sinks like a ship in a shining seas. This inventive romp, with its bold, splashy art, invites readers to create adventures of their own. Full-color illustrations.
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Book Equivalent of Disneyland's Submarine Voyage! October 14, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Joanne Ryder and illustrator Carol Schwartz have created a magical book for children from toddler to grade school age. The narrative is adapted from a poem, "Inside the Science Lab," that Ryder wrote in 1981, and the text retains a very poetic feeling. The subtle rhymes, assonances, and alliterations are enchanting to read and soothing to hear:
On Friday afternoon
we file into
the science room
and find our seats
among the plants,
among the tanks
of lizards, insects,
snakes and fish.
If I wanted to teach poetry to youngsters, I might begin with this, the very first sentence of "One Small Fish." Schwartz works wonders with her gradual melding of a classroom with the ocean and its creatures. A room with a single aquarium is transformed into a kind of gigantic classroom/aquarium, teeming with exotic fish, crabs, sharks, and eels. Octopi turning book pages with their tentacles sea horses play near the teacher's head, and the narrator rides with dolphins, "slipping between the coats that hang like seaweed on the walls." Words and pictures combine for maximal effect, a large school of fish is pictured dashing through an open door, and Ryder uses gerunds like "darting," "racing," and "shooting" to describe the action. With all this excitement, the book retains a tone of awe; the fish are either friendly or, at least, benign. Again, the words help this effect, some passages recall haiku imagery and sensibility. Schwartz's colors are bright but not overpowering, and her depictions of shimmering jellyfish, soft, undulating eels, and those page-turning octopi convey a rhythm of their own. Only the briefly seen shark seems a bit uninspired.
This is one of those rare books that will appeal to a wide age range. It's appropriate for those old enough to read, those who can't read but can follow a spoken story, and to those who will just enjoy the wondrous setting and pictures. Highly recommended.
A Daydream Brought to Life March 13, 1997
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Remember when you were a child and you use to daydream during class, well the author, Joanne Ryder, brings this all to life. A school girl around the age of 9 is sitting in science class daydreaming, and you get to experince her daydream. After reading the story, it makes you wonder if it really was a daydream. The illustrator Carol Schwartz really protrays the actions going on well. Any child will enjoy this book, I know mine did, I have read it so much, I know it by heart
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