Bonus Bibliography: Something Fishy

Moving Day: by Robert Kalan
Greenwillow 1996 (32p)
A hermit crab looking for a new home tries several shells before finding the one that's just right.
Splash!: by Ann Jonas
(Math)
Greenwillow 1995 (32p)
As a young girl watches, cats and dogs and frogs and fish jump in and out of a pond.

Splash Splash: by Jeff Sheppard
Atheneum 1994 (40p)
One by one, animals including a bee, a cat, and a frog fall into the water and make their own distinctive sound as they get wet.
Splash! A Penguin Counting Book: by Jonathan Chester and Kirsty Melville
(Math)
Tricycle 1997 (24p)
Photographs of Adelie penguins in their natural habitat are featured in a book that counts from one to ten.
On the Riverbank: by Charles Temple
(Multicultural)
Houghton 1992 (32p)
A boy describes going catfishing with his mother and father one summer night.
There Was Once a Puffin: by Florence Page Jacques
Dutton 1995 (24p)
A lonely puffin learns to be friends with fish instead of eating them.
Elephants Swim: by Linda Capus Rile
(Science)
Houghton 1995 (32p)
A simple introduction to different animals and the ways they respond to water.

Goldfish Hide-and-Seek: by Satoshi Kitamura
Farrar 1997 (32p)
When Goldfish ventures outside of his fishbowl during a game of hide-and-seek, he uses his wits and dancing skills to keep from being eaten by a cat.
Life in a Pond: by Allan Fowler
(Science)
Childrens 1996 (32p) also paper
A simple photo essay introduces readers to tidepools and the kinds of animals and plants that live in them.
Swim!: by Eve Rice
Greenwillow 1996 (24p)
Every Saturday morning, a young girl and her father go for a swim at a local pool.
Froggy Learns to Swim: by Jonathan London
Viking 1995 (32p)
Persistent parental encouragement helps Froggy overcome his fear and learn to swim.
My Very Own Octopus: by Bernard Most
Harcourt 1991 (32p) paper
A boy fantasizes about the possibilities of owning a pet octopus.

A Safe Home for Manatees: by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
(Science)
Harper 1997 (32p) also paper
A look at the life of the endangered Florida manatee explains what is happening to the gentle giant as its habitat disappears.
What's It Like to Be a Fish?: by Wendy Pfeffer
(Science)
Harper 1996 (32p) also paper
A simple explanation of how a fish is perfectly designed to live in the water.
Down in the Sea: The Crab: by Patricia Kite
Whitman 1994 (24p)
A simple introduction to a familiar ocean creature

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat: by Edward Lear
Candlewick paper 1997 (32p)
The classic nonsense rhyme in which an owl and a pussy-cat go to sea for a year and a day is illustrated with humorous and cartoonlike watercolor drawings.
Beach Feet: by Lynn Reiser
Greenwillow 1996 (32p)
Playful rhyming text reveals the many kinds of feet found at the beach.
“Only Joking,” Laughed the Lobster: by Colin West
Candlewick 1995 (18p)
A lobster gets his comeuppance for frightening other fish into believing a shark is about to eat them.

Tale of a Tadpole: by Barbara Ann Porte
Orchard 1997 (32p)
Francine is surprised when her grandparents tell her that the tadpole she keeps in a fish tank is actually a toad, not a frog as she had thought.
World Water Watch: by Michelle Koch
(Social Studies)
Greenwillow 1993 (32p)
A simple plea to care for the world's water focuses on creatures that live in the oceans including sea otters, whales, and turtles.
A Wagonload of Fish: by Judith Z. Bodnar
Lothrop 1996 (32p)
A peasant tries to satisfy his greedy wife by catching a wagonload of fish in this Hungarian tale.

Manatees (Manatíes): by the Cousteau Society
How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures (Cómo se esconde un pulpo y otras criaturas marinas): by Ruth Heller