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Jonah and the Great Fish by Warwick Hutton

Here is another morality tale involving fish (see This is Not My Hat). Simply retold and wonderfully illustrated, this one is out of print. I love Warwick Hutton’s work and hope more of his books (he specialised in retelling fairy tales, myths and Bible stories) may be republished. It is such a familiar story that…

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This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

A book about theft. Little fish steals big fish’s hat and thinks it’s got away with it. We know otherwise. So much depends on the relationship of reader and child. There is that time when a child discovers lying: words do not have to match reality. With a loving reader this book can be a…

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