Pub Date: March 12, 1963
Dewey: E
LCCN: 63008504
Lexile Code: 0570
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 03 to 07
Physical Info: 0.32" H x 11.16" L x 9.00" W ( 0.88 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Animals | Fish | Marine Life | Classics
Description: "An exquisite picture book. A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage himself and his new companions".--School Library Journal, starred review. ALA Notable Book; Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations.
Review Quotes: "An exquisite picture book." --School Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Each of his [Lionni's] books is self-consistent, a world unto itself. . . . Here is Swimmy: a tiny, insignificant fish in the vast and wide ocean who is ingenious enough to fend off the big, bad bully." --Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar