Fish Is Fish

Leo Lionni, Author, Leo Lionni, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-394-80440-8

Leo Lionni's Fish Is Fish (1970) brings back the tale of a friendship between a tadpole and minnow, and the changes wrought when the now-fully-fledged frog tries to describe the wonders above ground to his finned friend. Lionni's palette, as iridescent as the scales of a minnow gleaming in the sun, is as captivating as ever. .

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