Fish Is Fish - Softcover

"Wonderfully dramatic story. Unmissable." (Red Reading Hub blog)

"With his accustomed subtle interplay of graphic wit, clear language and plain thinking, Lionni wisely proves that a minnow's grasp should not exceed his oxygen supply - that there's lots to be said for the life of even a small fish in a small pond." (New York Times)

"Picture books I could not live without." (Eric Carle)

"A superior book, simple, but eye-catching." (School Library Journal)

The pond is home to a tadpole and a minnow, two underwater friends. But when the tadpole grows into a frog and hops onto the land, a new world unfolds before his eyes. When he returns to the pond, he tells his friend fantastic tales of the things he's seen: birds and cows and mysterious things called people! Fish longs to be a frog so that he can see this wonderful world too, and decides that he will follow in his friend's footsteps, come what may...