Pout-Pout Fish: Back to School by Wes Adams and Isidre Mones - OPTIONAL

Pout-Pout Fish: Back to School by Wes Adams, illustrated by Isidre Mones. PICTURE BOOK w/stickers. Farrar Strauss Giroux (Macmillan). $6. 9780374310479

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW

Pout-Pout Fish is headed back to school and wants to make a good impression.  He gets ready and arrives with a smile but just can't get things right.  After making his mistakes, he starts to depend on the help of friends.  Where should he be?  They can show him.  He can ask for help and he learns the most important lesson of all.  School is fun.  Being the teacher is fun and he can help the others to feel good about learning too!           

This quick read is cute and has great illustrations but will be popular with kids because it has stickers.  I love the illustrations and though the stories aren't as strong as Deborah Diesen's work, they are cute.  The books are inexpensive and will be fun and easy readers for beginners.  They have simple words, picture clues and a great main character.     

Library Michele, Wizard of Books