Tuesday, July 14, 2020

A Fish out of Water by Helen Palmer

This beloved children's book was first published in 1961 and was one of my favorites. 

This charming story is wonderfully illustrated by P.D. Eastman and begins with a young boy buying a small goldfish and naming him "Otto". The man at the store, Mr Carp, gives the boy instructions on how to care for his new fish.

Once the boy is home with Otto in a new bowl he feeds the fish some food. But Otto still looked hungry, so he fed him some more. An Otto grew. And grew. And grew.

Soon the boy was was scrambling to find homes big enough to hold Otto. A pan, a bathtub... the city pool!


My goldfish.


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