The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark (edició 2011)

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Author Deborah Diesen and Illustrator Dan Hanna continue the adventures of Pout-Pout Fish, who must overcome his fear of the dark: "friends help friends-That's a promise we keep."

When Ms. Clam's pearl is whooshed away when she yawns, Pout-Pout Fish promises to get it back for her...but that means venturing deep down onto the ocean floor.

"I'm fast as a sailfish, I'm strong as a shark, I'm smart as a dolphin, but I'm scared of the dark."

Miss Shimmer encourages him, and a lantern fish illuminates the lost pearl for them to retrieve. ( )

Mr. Fish wanted to help his dear friend Ms. Clam. She dropped her pearl and Mr. Fish said it is a promise i will keep to find your pearl. Well Mr. Fish swam and swam, but no pearl in sight. Put he kept hearing voices that it is beyond the reef and further out to sea. So he swam deeper out to sea and said "I'm fast as a sailfish, I'm strong as a shark, I'm smart as a dolphin, But i'm scared of the dark." He kept searching, but still something to be found. Then he heard another voice "it's beyond the slope!" As he swam further out to sea he remind himself "I'm fast as a sailfish, I'm strong as a shark, I'm smart as a dolphin, But i'm scared of the dark." Eventually Mr. Fish got so far into the dark that it was pitch black. Miss Shimmer heard Mr. Fish being afraid of the dark and so she told him "Two are bigger than the dark" then they swam together and found Ms. Clam's pearl. They got back to Ms. Clam and everyone cheered! Mr. Fish realized that with other people they are always bigger than the dark.

I would use this book in Kindergarten up to 2nd grade since it has some life stories about how we don't have to be afraid and sometimes friends or family make it easier for us to not be afraid. This book focuses a lot on rhyming words and CVC or CVVC words. There is also a lot of word families that would be beneficial to discuss with the students.