Barry the Fish with Fingers: A laugh-out-loud picture book from the creators of Supertato!
£6.20£6.60 (-6%)
Fish come from all over the ocean to see Puffy the Puffer Fish’s amazing bubbles. Big bubbles, small bubbles, square bubbles . . . they’ve never seen anything quite so amazing!
That is until Barry arrives on the scene. Barry is a fish with fingers and he’s going to put them to good use. The fish are amazed. Life under the sea will never be the same again . . .
This crazy deep-sea caper is sure to be a hit with all the kids!
Look out for more hilarious stories from picture book superstars Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet:
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Selected other titles by Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet:
Barry the Fish with Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster
Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell
Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat
Doug the Bug that went Boing!
I Need a Wee!
No-Bot the Robot with No Bottom
No-Bot the Robot’s New Bottom
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Additional information
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Children's UK (6 July 2009) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 32 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1847385168 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1847385161 |
| Reading age | 3 years and up |
| Dimensions | 26 x 0.51 x 26 cm |
by Danielle
Unfortunately had to replace the book for my child school due to my puppy chewing it up ha ha
by emma katie jupe
Great read, fun for the family. The service and delivery very good too.
by Nabny j
Lovely story goid fun to read
by MISS M K JONES
I’m not so keen on this book. I don’t think the message is that healthy for kids. Barry has fingers so he can tickle the other fish and play the piano – which makes everyone fawn over him. Puffy the pufferfish gets jealous at the attention Barry gets and is derided for sulking before Barry saves his life and then Puffy comes round to the Barry-love. Usually in a book like this you’d expect a message along the lines that everyone has their own talents and no one is more special than anyone else. But here the message is… Barry is better than the other fish because he had fingers. Not great in my view.
by Marianne
The authors are our favourite so far. Funny and brilliant my son loved and laughed anytime I red it to him. Recommended
by Ancient Mariner
This is a cheerful book with a clearly expressed but not heavy-handed message. (MILD SPOILER, BUT I’LL TRUST YOU NOT TO TELL ANY KIDS.) When Barry shows up with his swell fingers it steals the limelight from Puffy, the big-bubble-blowing fish, who gets all envious and mopey. Barry has fun showing off his fingers to the delight of the fishy crowd, and then an exciting event leads him to a reconciliation with the bubble-blower. The ending is a particularly clever resolution in which everyone is a winner.
The pictures are bright and appealing. Barry’s fingers are stylized, not creepy. (I kept thinking about “fish fingers” on the school lunch menu. That’s probably not the exact teachable moment the author was aiming for, but what do I know.) The story is light and zippy. Actually, for a picture book we get a lot of story – Barry’s whole fingers thing, the way he connects with old bubble-blower, the way the story wraps up. That’s a lot of action, but none of it seems inaccessible to a little reader. And there are a dozen mild positive lessons to be drawn from the tale.
The upshot? This feels like a fun, silly and pretty upbeat treat for reading time, and it’s certainly a book an adult reading to youngsters could have fun with. A nice find.
by SS94
Brilliant book my son loves it
by Dan bartlett
Kids love this one