Count with Little Fish

by Lucy Cousins, Lucy Cousins (Illustrator)

Overview

Join the irrepressible Little Fish and count from one to ten in a deep-sea delight from the creator of Maisy.

First there’s just one fish — Little Fish — under the sea. But not for long: here come two fin-fin fish, three counting fish, and four flying fish. And can you imagine who else? Shy fish and scary fish, tiny fish and funny fish. With her fantastical celebration of color and patterns, Lucy Cousins makes the counting swim right along.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536200249
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	03/13/2018
Series:	Little Fish
Pages:	22
Sales rank:	926,180
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Lucy Cousins is the creator of the beloved Maisy series. She is also the author-illustrator of the widely acclaimed Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, as well as I’m the Best, Hooray for Fish!, Hooray for Birds!, and a picture book series about Little Fish.

Editorial Reviews

This appealing under-the-sea number book will hook toddlers and their parents.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

01/01/2018
PreS—Schools of friendly fish lead the way in introductions to a host of concepts, adjectives, and the vivid palette of a premier children's book artist. Children will delight in these titles that vibrate with bold, brilliant colors and a bit of sparkle and ring with wordsmith appreciation of language.—Daryl Grabarek, School Library Journal

School Library Journal

2018-02-03
Practice counting to 10 with a variety of friendly fishies.Cousins employees her usual palette of rich, bold colors, with fuchsia, scarlet, tangerine, and turquoise fish popping against beachy blue backgrounds. Her gouache paintings are thickly bordered in a rough black line that matches the dark hand-lettered text. A decorated number sits prominently on the left page, and the equivalent amount of fish swim on the right. The spreads are further connected by corresponding patterns, such as an orange-and-gold crisscrossed "4" to match four goldfish on the opposing page or a speckled rainbow "9" that mimics the "Nine funny fish." Transparent spot gloss over the numbers and sea creatures adds to both the aquatic feel and the overall cheery vibe. With visually distinct species for each number, from spiky lionfish to smiling sharks, counting the sets is generally easy, although "Eight shy fish" are difficult to identify amid the seaweed. Short, peppy rhymes brimming with alliteration ("Five fat fish. / Splish splosh, splash!") keep things appropriately bubbly, and while the ending ("Hooray! How many fish have you found?" with a variety of fish floating about) isn't especially inspired, it does the job. A sparkly fish on the cover is superfluous but will likely tempt readers familiar with Rainbow Fish.This appealing under-the-sea number book will hook toddlers and their parents. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews