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This was a lovely book. The artwork reminds me of days in school when we did sponge painting or using those potatoes as stamps making art. It appears Leo used water colors and sponges and stamps to make this lovely book. It really works well too. It’s Playful and a whole lot of fun. One fish does not Leggi tutto

I have have heard works from Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Marc Brown and David Wiesner, but I have finally stumbled upon some works that came from my childhood a long time ago and those works consist of Leo Lionni! “Swimmy” is a Caldecott Honor book by Leo Lionni and it is about how an unusual little Leggi tutto

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Well, I clearly need to read more Leo Lionni. I really enjoyed Swimmy for its beautiful, Carle-like, painting style which young children will particularly love, but also for our plucky little hero! There is some lovely language in here to decribe the various creatures Swimmy encounters and I can see Leggi tutto

A little black fish is left saddened and alone when all the red fish from his group are eaten. He swims through the ocean until he finds another school of red fish to join. Only this time, he teaches them how to swim in a formation that looks like a big fish, with him as the eye. Illustrations are ve Leggi tutto

While I didn't care for the story as much, I did enjoy looking at the illustrations. I thought that it had a nice, clever ending. I'd recommend it. *Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...