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Fishing in the Air (Joanna Cotler Books)
Paperback, 32 pages
Published by HarperCollins (2003-04-01)
List Price: $6.99
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Amazon Description
Early in the blue-black morning, a father and son slip out of the house with their fishing poles and a can of worms. But this is no ordinary fishing trip. With their lines and bobbers, they cast high into the air to catch the breeze, the sky, the sun, and best of all -- some wonderful memories.
In her first picture book, Sharon Creech, author of the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons, teams up with Caldecott Honor artist Chris Raschka to create a beautifully lyrical and richly imagined tale about the powerful bond between a father and son.
One Potato Review
No fish are caught or otherwise exploited in the making of this book, in fact here is a story about the very best reasons to go on any sort of trip at all, regardless the pretext. These travelers happen to be a boy and his father (and the memories of his father before him) but the ebullience in this book is contagious, no matter what your relationship in the family. Chris Raschka is one of the great and completely original illustrators of our time, and here he has the currents of wind and river and Sharon Creech to accompany him. They sing.
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