Friday, September 29, 2023

A Spark in the Dark by Pam Fong - OPTIONAL

A Spark in the Dark by Pam Fong
. PICTURE BOOK. Greenwillow Books (Harper), 2022. $19. 9780063136533 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

A little fish gets lost and heads towards the dark ocean floor. Then it spies a little light and finds its way back to the surface. 

Fong works hard to create a dreamy, lush backdrop to illustrate her life lesson metaphor. However, she has the little fish escaping the hooks of the fishers above it and coming back to the possible danger of being caught by those same fishers. I am perhaps being picky - the illustrations really are lovely - but thinking these things through matter. 

Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher, MLS 

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