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Hide-and-Seek Pout-Pout Fish
Hide-and-Seek Pout-Pout Fish
Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: May 27, 2015
Review
Pout Pout Fish is playing hide and seek under the ocean and asks young readers to help him. There is a tab on each page that makes the reader think that animal will be on the page somewhere. In most cases, the animal is one of those that Pout Pout Fish is seeking. However, that is not always the case. Some of the animals he finds are not named, such as the octopus who is just "Mr. Eight" and some sort of spidery creature who has no name at all. One tab and "discovery" is a clam shown with a prominent pearl inside, something that does not happen very often. The flaps are fairly flimsy so will most likely tear easily. This book will not stand up to many toddler readings. There are better board book and lift the flap books out there.
Overall Book Score: fair
About the Book
Author:
Diesen, Deborah
Illustrator: Hanna, Dan
Illustration Quality: fair
Publisher: Square Fish
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: adventure
Audience: preschool
Binding Type: other
Binding Quality: fair
ISBN: 9781250060112
Price: 7.99