I enjoyed reading this book to my own children, who got a laugh out of the twin fishes. Using rhyming words the usage of the fish throughout the story helps young children with early literacy. This is great for children, who are familiar with and still learning about opposites, numbers, similarities, sizes differentiation. The size of the typography is on the large side but it very easy to read. The typography looks handwritten and not a computer font, which gives it a more friendly feeling. Hurray, its Tuesday, meaning its time to get our state-of-the-art van on the road and bring you truly delicious fish and chips. And the Montage of fishes was an excellent over view of what fishes were mentioned as Little Fish friends. The double page spread really captures all the different fishes and the medium with the vibrant colors with the black borders help separate all the different fishes. The book is fairly large but the inside makes up for that because the illustrations are just amazing. But Little Fish favorite fish is introduced in the end of the story, can you guess who this special fish could be? Little Fish friends are all different, colors, shapes, appearances, sizes and there are some friends that are the same. Love ’em.In this story Little Fish takes you along to meet all his friends. What do you think? I could teach Kinders ALL DAY LONG. Only two, forty-five minute sessions with just about every child completing a full picture. The children had lots of fun with their fish and in terms of teacher stuff, the lesson was fast. This can be a messy job but it really is quite fun, especially when the children can paint long eyelashes or long, curly tails. I set out the tubs of black tempera paint and small tip brushes after they were done painting. I love tubs of paint and it has become one of my favorite ways to distribute paints. Since the book is a rhyming book it has a great flow to read aloud. Throughout the book, there are many different types of fish including some with clouds and some with spots. It is about a little fish who introduces all his other fish friends in the sea. Next, I pre-mixed some special colors so that the fish would be as vibrant as the illustrations in the book. 'Hooray For Fish,' by Lucy Cousins, is a great book to read aloud to children. Once the children created their fish, I brought out the tubs of glorious tempera paint. I asked them to include a head, a body, a tail and perhaps a fin or two. I gave the children the freedom to create any fish they like. After the reading, the children found a place to sit and began painting their fish outline with a black oil pastel. I began the lesson by reading the book and asking the children to think about what kind of fish they would like to draw. My Kinders LOVED this book and the illustrations captured their imaginations. It is filled with vibrant colors, fast read text and the most adorable fish you can imagine. If you haven’t seen Lucy Cousins’ Hooray for Fish!I encourage you to find it at your nearest bookstore.

Hurray for fish