Trick or Treat, Pout-Pout Fish

by Deborah Diesen, Dan Hanna (Illustrator)

Overview

It’s Halloween under the sea in this spooktacular Pout-Pout Fish mini-adventure from the New York Times–bestselling series, perfect for trick-or-treat gift bags!

Happy Halloween! Mr. Fish is wearing his costume, but what is he dressed as? A goblin? An astronaut in space? A pirate at the helm of a spooky submarine?

Tiny tots will love swimming along with Mr. Fish as he turns little pouts into big smiles, in this fun family read-aloud for Halloween celebrations. Featuring short and simple text, this board book will send Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna’s much-loved Pout-Pout Fish flippering and swishing into the hearts and minds of the youngest guppies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466896147
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	08/09/2016
Series:	Pout-Pout Fish Adventure Series , #7
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	12
File size:	40 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Deborah Diesen currently works for a small nonprofit organization and has also worked as a reference librarian and a bookseller. She lives in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Dan Hanna has over ten years' experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on BBC America and the Cartoon Network. He lives in Oxnard, California.

Dan Hanna has over ten years’ experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on BBC America and the Cartoon Network. He lives in Santa Barbara, California. He is the illustrator of the Pout-Pout Fish books.

Editorial Reviews

08/01/2016
It’s Halloween, and an unseen narrator wonders if Diesen and Hanna’s characteristically glum-looking Mr. Fish might be among the trick-or-treaters dropping by a leviathan-shaped submarine: “Who’s that ghost?/ Is it you, Mr. Fish?/ Maybe you’re the goblin/ With tails that swish!” None of them are Mr. Fish (he’s dressed as a pirate captain inside the sub), and in the story’s funniest moment, readers encounter a sea dweller dressed as the pout-pout fish himself (“Is it you in the mask?/ What a funny frowny face!”). While Mr. Fish’s existing fans will best appreciate this story, Diesen’s lively rhymes and Hannah’s wittily detailed art make this an entertaining outing for newcomers, too. Up to age 3.

Publishers Weekly

While Mr. Fish’s existing fans will best appreciate this story, Diesen’s lively rhymes and Hannah’s wittily detailed art make this an entertaining outing for newcomers, too.” —Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2016-08-30
The Pout-Pout Fish brand expands.Halloween is here, and Mr. Pout-Pout Fish is giving out treats from his submarine home. Those familiar with the blue striped fish will find the usual uncluttered illustrations and rhyming scheme ("Who's at the helm / of the spooky submarine? // It's you, Mr. Fish! / Have a happy Halloween!"). New readers may be drawn in by the colorful costumes the various fish wear as they trick-or-treat along the ocean floor. Keen-eyed readers with some pumpkin-carving experience may wonder how a jack-o'-lantern can be lit under water. This board book is a fairly standard look at Halloween, putting a popular character in common holiday trappings and adding nothing else. Fans of the holiday will have to look elsewhere for a more exciting take on Halloween's thrills. Another branded entry that offers little beyond the minimum requirements. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews