cover image Louis the Fish

Louis the Fish

Arthur Yorinks. Farrar Straus Giroux, $7.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-374-44598-0

Louis, a man who has been pushed into the butcher business by his well-meaning parents, hates meat and loves fish. One day Louis wakes up and he's a salmona very happy salmon. In PW's words, ""Imaginative, full-color paintings are tuned into the odyssey. The dizzy doings provoke laughter, but the story also serves as a parable on the importance of being yourself.'' (3up)