The Pout Pout Fish

Diesen, D., & Hanna, D. (2008). The pout-pout fish. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Recommended Age:3+

Format: Softcover

This story is about a pout, pout fish who has a pout, pout face. The book repeats these lines over and over again. Different fish friends tell the pout-pout fish to smile, but the fish keeps saying that is what his face looks like and he cannot change the fact that he looks sad. That is until another fish approaches the pout-pout fish and plants a kiss right on him. The pout-pout fish then realizes that he is not the pout-pout fish but a kiss-kiss fish. He then goes back and kisses all of the fish that told him to stop pouting and gives them kisses, ending with the fish that kissed him. This is a fun story that toddlers can easily be involved in. They can chant along with the pout-pout fish and say the blub, bluuuub, bluuuuubs he says along with him. 

Author's website: http://deborahdiesen.com/

Illustrator's website: http://www.bluebellylizard.com/