Fishin' - by David Elliott (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

On a long, anticipation-filled walk to the fishing spot, a brother and sister dream of the catch they'll bring home--until one small fish and one big feeling change everything.

"A radiant and wondrous story about how a single moment of connection can change our wildest dreams. Every page sings, surprises, and delights." --Andrea Wang, Newbery Honor-winning author of Watercress

"Fishin' is a quietly beautiful book about empathy and mercy: the kind a river teaches, slowly, to anyone willing to sit beside it. Elliott and Colón let a child arrive there on his own, without a lesson waiting at the end, and that is the rarest kind of respect a picture book can offer." --Jordan Scott, internationally acclaimed poet and author of I Talk Like a River

"Let's go fishin', you said. I want to catch a fish.
So, we walked through the woods to Jacobson's stream to catch a fish as big and as wild, you said, as your biggest and wildest dream."

With rods in hand and hearts set on reeling in the biggest fish, a sister leads her younger brother on a long walk to their fishing spot. Time stretches as they wait, the world settling into soft, patient rhythms around them. At last, a fish is caught--but in the stillness that follows, the younger brother pauses. Seeing the fish up close, he feels a flicker of something unexpected.

From award-winning creators David Elliott and Raul Colón and inspired by Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish", here is a lyrical and poignant story about siblings in search of a fish only to discover that sometimes letting go is the most meaningful part of the journey.

About the Author

David Elliott is a New York Times bestselling author and poet. His provocative novels-in-verse including Bull, which received 6 starred reviews; Voices, which was a finalist for the American Library in Paris Book Prize, a Wall Journal Best Book of the Year, and an NCTE Notable Verse Novel; the picture book Baabwa and Wooliam, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, which was a Cybils Award finalist, JLG selection and PW Best Book of the Year; and the critically acclaimed, award-winning children's poetry collections including On the Farm, In the Wild, In the Sea, On the Wing, and At the Poles. He lives in New Hampshire with his family.

Raul Colón, recipient of the 2021 Eric Carle Honor, is an acclaimed illustrator of many picture books. He has been recognized with a Golden Kite Award, two Pura Belpré Awards, a gold and silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, and many others. He is the illustrator of Margarita Engle's Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote, also published by Peachtree. Raúl was born in New York City, and moved with his parents in the 1960s to Caguas, Puerto Rico, where he studied commercial art. He now lives with his family in New City, New York.