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Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson

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Don't Trust Fish

Neil Sharpson

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 8, 2025

Reading lane: Fish Stories

A Picture Books pick for readers exploring Don't Trust Fish.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Fishy Suspicions

A mock-serious nature guide turns fish into the stars of an absurdly funny warning.

Come here for

  • Deadpan jokes about the secret menace of fish
  • A playful send-up of nature-guide certainty

Expect

  • Picture-book humor with a wonderfully suspicious streak
  • An off-the-rails look at aquatic animals

Book Details

Authors
Neil Sharpson
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
April 8, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Fish Stories · Marine Life
Reading lane
Fish Stories

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Fish Stories

  • Funny Stories

  • Robots

About This Book

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An absurdly laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the villainy of fish, illustrated by National Book Award-winning creator Dan Santat "A ribald and uproarious warning to those unschooled in fishy goings-on." — Kirkus, starred review ONE OF SLATE 'S 25 GREATEST PICTURE BOOKS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS ONE OF BOOKPAGE 'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Magazine, NPR, Chicago Public Library, Smithsonian Magazine, Libby, Kirkus, Pub...

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An absurdly laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the villainy of fish, illustrated by National Book Award-winning creator Dan Santat "A ribald and uproarious warning to those unschooled in fishy goings-on." — Kirkus, starred review ONE OF SLATE 'S 25 GREATEST PICTURE BOOKS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS ONE OF BOOKPAGE 'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Magazine, NPR, Chicago Public Library, Smithsonian Magazine, Libby, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Publishers Lunch, BookPage, Booklist, School Library Journal, Book Riot, BCCB, Imagination Soup, Parent Map, The Children's Book Review, EBSCO NoveList Why, dear reader, must you NEVER EVER trust fish? 1) They spend all their time in the water where we can’t see them. 2) Some are as big as a bus—that is not okay. 3) We don't know what they're teaching in their "schools." 4) They are likely plotting our doom. This nature-guide-gone-wrong is a hilarious, off-the-rails exploration of the seemingly innocent animals that live in the water.

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