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Swimmy
Swimmy
Author: Leo Lionni
After a big tuna fish gulps up a school of Swimmy's friends, the small black fish journeys through the ocean and comes face-to-face with many marvelous creatures. When he meets up with a school of frightened fish, Swimmy uses his creativity to show them how to swim together as a group and outsmart the other big fish in the sea. — An exquisite pic...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394826202
ISBN-10: 0394826205
Publication Date: 4/12/1973
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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fantastic book by a great author. A wonderful Story about learning to Cooperate and the benifits from it.
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reviewed Swimmy on + 49 more book reviews
This book won the Caldacot award, and it was on ala notable childrens book award, and it was named a best new york illustrated childrens book of the year. my kids loved it when they were younger. great pictuers.
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My 2 year old loves Swimmy. The message is simple, but valuable: no matter how small the individual, there is strength in numbers and teamwork. The artwork is also very unique as are all of the illustrations in each Lionni book. This one is a keeper.
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A picture book, in which a small fish organizes the other fish in his school to swim in formation so that they look like an enormous fish and frighten away the big fish that would otherwise eat them. Lionni's illustrations of the wonders found in the ocean, made, I think, with different items used as stamps on a colored background, are incredibly beautiful. This book was, deservedly, a Caldecott Medal Honor Book.
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This is a cute book about how all the little fish work together to act as one big fish. This is an easy reader about a 1st grade level.
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My kids LOVED this wonderful book of friendship and working together. My daughter named her first pet goldfish "Swimmy"!

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