About the Authors:
David Wiesner is internationally renowned for his visual storytelling and has won the Caldecott Medal three times-for Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam -the second person in history to do so. He is also the recipient of three Caldecott Honors, for Free Fall, Sector 7, and Mr. Wuffles . He lives near Philadelphia with his family.
Donna Jo Napoli is a distinguished academic in the field of linguistics and teaches at Swarthmore College. She is also the author of more than eighty books for young readers.
Fish Girl lives in an aquarium where she is the main attraction. The owner claims to be Neptune and says he controls her, the last of her kind. Life isn't all bad but Fish Girl is seeing there is more to the world. She's learned to be fearful of humans until she meets a girl who is nice to her. Life changes, and this book is the story of that change.
My Thoughts:
Great story. Seriously. I liked it. Seeing Fish Girl blossoming. It was so nice.
The graphics are nicely done. Not all dark and graphic novelish...but clean, clear images, with nice colour. Some of the images were full page which made a nice contrast to all the boxes.
The writing wasn't hard to read, but nicely sized lettering that you didn't need to squint to read well. :)
Fish GirlAuthors: David Wiesner and Danno Jo Napoli
Illustrator: David Wiesner
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 192
Ages 10-12 years
Style: Graphic Novel, softcover
Reviewed for: Raincoast Books.
Where to find:
Amazon.ca: Fish Girl
Amazon.com: Fish Girl
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For once, a graphic novel that looks like I could read it. Thanks for broadening my horizons! - Lori
ReplyDeleteI know. I was pleasantly surprised by this one.
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