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Hooray for Fish!: Candlewick Storybook Animations

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I purchased this for my 2 yr old who A) loves Maisy the Mouse B) loves fish - so it was a no brainer! I found the book actually doing a search on Maisy and bought it on a whim. WE LOVE THIS BOOK! The illustrations are fantastic - bold, vibrant colors on a bigger than normal sized book. And the story is very sweet. Worth every penny and definitely a must for your children's book collection.

This is a big, fun book with bold, colorful artwork, typical of the clean, direct style that guides Cousins' wildly successful "Maisy" series. A cute little fish, named "Little Fish," gives us a tour of the undersea world, introducing us to a bunch of fancifully named friends ("ele-fish," "eye fish," "sky fish," etc.) This has a very Dr. Seuss-y feel to it... It's visually arresting, rhymes well and fun to read aloud. Recommended!

Our 16-month-old son absolutely adores this book! We read it using silly voices for each fish, and he just smiles all the way through. When he wants to read this book, he'll bring it to my husband or me, making kissing noises. It's a shame that this book isn't available in a board book format--we've had to tape and re-tape several of the pages from all of the use it gets!

I went to a workshop at the local library on early literacy. This was one of the books the librarian recommended I try. This is the first book my son would sit through at 5 months. I tried other books every day, but could only get through a couple pages. We'd alway end up right back at Hooray for Fish.

Positives of this book:
- Bold colors and stark contrasts
- Simple pictures
- Great rhythmic text. "Upside down and round and round" "so many friends, so many fish. Splash, splosh, splish"
- There are a couple pages that could be search and find pages. "Can you find a fish that looks like a pineapple?"

My 19-month old is WILD for this book; it's the reigning favorite at the moment. The silly fish pictures are great and she loves the pages where there are LOTS of fish on the page (including the inside back pages), pointing out to me her favorites from the story. She also has fun picking out the "extra" fish that look like strawberry fish, pineapple fish, etc. The sing-songy rhymes are as fun as the artwork and a definite winner in our house!

It seems that early childhood classrooms find themselves transformed into oceans or fish tanks at least once a year, since there is undeniable pleasure in illustrating the movement and coloration of swimmy beings, and a whole lotta books about ocean life for inspiration. Nonetheless, Lucy Cousins offers a bold, fresh title to children and teachers in Hooray for Fish! with illustrations that capture the wonderful differentness of fish and descriptive language that begs to be repeated and replicated in the classroom and at home.

The length and language are well suited for 3-4 year old whole group interest level, and will allow a lot of repeat reads to search for details in the text and illustrations. Teachers can rely on this book to generate lots of ideas for language activities and art projects, while they might look to Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert to incorporate math ideas. The hardcover is oversized, great for reading aloud or filling up a lap or two in the classroom library.

One glance at the cover brings me joy, so I hope Cousins is hard at work on another winner for the preschool audience.

I bought this book for my three year old niece and she loves it ! The colors are what really caught her eye and she enjoyed the story too. I was very pleased. Buy this book and you will see what I mean !

The illustrations in this book are simple but adorable. THe story is also very cute. My two year old and three year old absolutely love it!

My son's favorite book in the world-he had learned all of the words by 3 years old and reads it to everyone. Bought one for my neice, too, and she loves it!

Story is a bit simple, I was hoping for a bit more of a plot, but 7 month old likes the bright fish pictures. Not sure this will an older baby entertained for long.