The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark - (Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) by Deborah Diesen (Hardcover)

About the Book

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, learns to tackle his fear of the dark.

Mr. Fish wants to help
his friend Ms. Clam.
But his search for her pearl
has put him in a jam.

Though he's FAST as a sailfish
and STRONG as a shark,
Mr. Fish has a secret...
he's SCARED OF THE DARK!

Swim along with Mr. Fish as he journeys deep into the ocean to new and mysterious places. Little guppies will discover, as Mr. Fish does, the power of friendship to light the way through the big-big dark.

There are more Pout-Pout Fish and Worry-Worry Whale books in the sea:
The Pout-Pout Fish
The Pout-Pout Fish Goes To School
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

"The playful, rhyming verse is well matched with Hanna's funny cartoon illustrations." --School Library Journal

"With colorful seascapes and bright-eyed ocean characters, Hanna gives this spirited tale light doses of humor ('Rest stop!' reads a neon sign on an anglerfish's lure), as Diesen delivers a gentle moral: 'The ocean is wide, / And the ocean is deep, / But friends help friends--/ That's a promise we keep.'." --Publishers Weekly

"An entertaining read-aloud and a nice lighthearted vehicle for dealing with fear." --Kirkus Reviews

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.