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// The Pout Pout Fish // By: Deborah Diesen
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Publication Date: March 18th, 2008 Publisher: Scholastic Australia Illustrator: Dan Hanna ISBN: 1742830064, 9781742830063 Pages: 36 Reading Level: PreK- 2

Deborah Diesen is the author of many children’s books but her most famous are the Pout Pout Fish adventures. //The Pout Pout Fish// is a NYT best seller. Deborah now works for a non-profit organization and lives in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
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// The Pout Pout Fish // is a story about a fish that is always in a glum mood. Throughout the book many other ocean l ife friends come across Pout Pout Fish and try to turn his frown upside down. But, every time he shoots them down and tells them there is no reason to be happy. That is, until, a new fish comes up and gives Pout Pout Fish a kiss! He is no longer Pout Pout fish for Kiss Kiss Fish.
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I chose this book because it is one of my nephew’s favorites. It is a great rhyming book that young children can eventually pick up on due to the repetition and the rhythm. Pout Pout Fish also helps children see that even when you are a bad mood there is always something to turn that mood around and in Pout Pout Fish’s case that was a kiss. **Literary Element:** I believe that the literary element for the book would be repetition like stated in the Book Review. Because this book is geared more towards PreK all the way through to second grade, students will quickly pick up on the repetition of “I’m a pout pout fish with a pout pout face, so I spread dreary-wearies all over the place.” This line along with “Blub, bluuub, bluuuuub” is repeated many times over and over again in this story and by the end of it you will have students ages 3 to 7 saying these right along with you.
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