The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School - (Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) by Deborah Diesen (Hardcover)

About the Book

The star of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Pout-Pout Fish" is back in a new adventure. Mr. Fish nervously awaits his first day of school. He frets about not knowing how to write his name, how to draw shapes, and how to do mathNuntil he's reassured that school is the perfect place to learn how to master all of these new skills. Full color.

Book Synopsis

Turn little pouts into big smiles in this splashy adventure where Mr. Fish, the star of the New York Times bestselling The Pout-Pout Fish series, starts his first day of school!

On the first day of school,
Mr. Fish feels out of place.
The troubles he imagines
put a pout-pout on his face.

"Trouble One: I'm not smart!
Trouble Two: I'll never get it!
Trouble Three: I don't belong!
So Four: I should forget it!"

Join Mr. Fish on his first day of school, where his concerns float away, and he learns that school is the perfect place to learn how to master all of the new skills he's been worried about.

There are more Pout-Pout Fish and Worry-Worry Whale books in the sea:
The Pout-Pout Fish
The Pout-Pout Fish In the Big-Big Deep
The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish
The Pout-Pout Fish, Far, Far From Home
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Can't-Sleep Blues
The Pout-Pout Fish Cleans Up the Ocean
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Mad, Mad Day
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale
The Worry-Worry Whale and the Classroom Jitters
The Worry-Worry Whale Made 32 Mistakes
The Worry-Worry Whale and the Halloween Scaries (Coming soon!)

Review Quotes

"Diesen tackles a worry not often found in back-to-school books; young Mr. Fish will ease children's fears about what will be expected of them." --Kirkus Reviews

"Fans of this series will appreciate Diesen's rhythmic - and ultimately reassuring - text, and Hanna's sunny illustrations contain many clever details." --Booklist

About the Author

Deborah Diesen is the New York Times bestselling author of The Pout-Pout Fish, named by Time magazine as one of the Ten Best Children's Books of 2008. She has worked as a bookseller and a librarian, and now works for a small nonprofit organization. She lives with her family in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Dan Hanna has over ten years' experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on the Cartoon Network. He lives in Oxnard, California.