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From the author/illustrator of Ten on a Twig comes an interactive picture book for toddlers that counts down a school of fish, color by color, perfect for fans of Eric Carle books.
Ten in a hurry, swimming in a line... Watch out, Red! GULP. Now there are nine.
Watch the fish get eaten as the pages turn! In this hysterical, deceptively simple picture book, ten little fish are minding their own business when a much bigger fish comes up behind them. As the pages turn, he eats them one by one, until the littlest fish takes a dramatic stand! This delightful, fun read helps with learning colors and counting, and the clever die-cuts will charm young readers.
Author Notes
LO COLE is a widely acclaimed British illustrator whose graphic work has been featured on posters and album covers, and in books, magazines, and newspapers in the UK and internationally. He's the author/illustrator of Ten on a Twig .
Reviews (1)
Kirkus Review
Ten colorful fish scurry to school, but a larger fish gobbles them up one by one. Employing the same progressive flap style as in his previous work Ten on a Twig (2020), Cole moves counting practice from up in the air to under the sea. Ten fish swim in a straight line across the graduated pages, with the smallest at the right margin and the largest just to the right of the gutter. The first flap is flipped, and "GULP," that large, pink fish is eaten by a shadowy gray predator, barely visible against the black background. Now there are only "9/ in a hurry / don't want / to be late… // Purple goes next. / That leaves eight." Both the number and color name in the text match the corresponding fish's hue (also, the predator's eye changes to match the color of the fish that has just been eaten). The fish stand out starkly against the inky black pages--and, alas, so do fingerprints. This clever concept book takes readers from 10 to one, when all that is left is a tiny red fish. That fish turns around, plucks up its courage, and shouts: "WE WON'T BE EATEN!" All of the fish in the larger fish's belly hear the rallying cry and plot their (gaseous) escape. Similar in concept but varying in execution to Andy Mansfield and Thomas Flintham's One Lonely Fish (2017), pair it with that earlier work for plenty of underwater chomping. Flipping flaps and survival of the fittest. (Picture book. 2-5) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
