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Description
Fall in love with a modern fairy tale inspired by a Jewish family memory in this magical picture book by award-winning picture book creators Elana K. Arnold and Magdalena Mora.
Once, there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt. The fish was very hot and very dry. But when Kiki put it in the bathtub, it started swimming, and growing, and...speaking?
"I want to grant you a wish for saving me," it said. A wish-granting fish! Alas, this fish was only a fish of small wishes, and Kiki's wish was too big. Unless...there was a way for both their dreams to come true.
Follow Kiki and the wish-granting fish in this contemporary fairy-tale perfect for fans of A Big Mooncake for Little Star and Carmela Full of Wishes.
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Publishers Weekly
In a story with echoes of both "The Fisherman and His Wife" and The Carp in the Bathtub, a brown-skinned girl encounters a fish whose one wish-granting catch proves key to change. After other children, portrayed with various abilities and skin tones, head indoors, lonely Kiki Karpovich finds a giant fish stranded on the asphalt and carries it home. Revived in Kiki's family bathtub, the fish offers to grant one wish. Kiki's request for friends prompts an apology--"I am a fish of small wishes," Arnold writes--and with every "too big" wish, the girl notices the fish growing. Seemingly concerned over its well-being, Kiki acts bravely and, through her actions, sees all of her wishes come true. Mora's strokes of gouache, layered with inks, colored pencil, and digital collage, depict a blue-green world bubbling with possibility in this folktale-feeling work. An author's note concludes. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)
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ALA/Booklist
Starred Review
Their down-to-earth demeanors and emotions suit this endearing picture book well.
Elana K. Arnold is the award-winning author of many books for children and teens, including the Sydney Taylor and National Jewish Book Award winner The Blood Years, the Printz Honor winner Damsel, the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of, and the Global Read Aloud selection A Boy Called Bat. She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals.
Elana K. Arnold es la autora galardonada de muchos libros para niños y jóvenes, incluyendo The Blood Years, ganador del premio Sydney Taylor y del National Jewish Book Award; Damsel, ganador del honor Printz; What Girls Are Made Of, finalista del National Book Award; y A Boy Called Bat, selección del Global Read Aloud. Vive en Long Beach, California, con su esposo, sus dos hijos y una colección de animales.
