Saturday, August 14, 2021

Sonata for Fish and Boy by Milan Pavlovic - ESSENTIAL

Sonata for Fish and Boy by Milan Pavlovic
. WORDLESS PICTURE BOOK. Groundwood Books, 2021. $19. 9781773061610 

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

A boy sits on a park bench, playing his violin. A fish hears the music and it is beautiful. the fish jumps out of the water and the music carry the boy and the fish on great adventures. They fly over other musicians, over houses and birds until they soar among planets. In a forest of huge dandelions they hear music. As the follow the music the come to a small cottage. Inside the cottage is band playing beautiful music. The boy and the fish are swept up in the music and tumble back to their park bench.

I was so excited to read the newest book by this great artist. It is a wordless picture book, but a picture is worth 1,000 words. I am sure children will retell the story in their own words, while looking the pictures. It would be fun to hear how different and how similar their stories would be. It might also be a fun project for writing to have students write the story in their own words, like a poem, like a rhyme and look for differences and similarities in their stories. What a cute book! 

Ellen-Anita, Librarian 

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