Hey! A Colorful Mystery

by Kate Read
Illustrated by Kate Read
A mysterious rumor spreads among a colorful sea of fish in Kate Read’s new picture book, a follow-up to the award-winning One Fox.  
Price: $17.99
  • ISBN: 9781682633274
  • Publication date: 10/01/2021
  • Page Count: 36
  • Size: 9-7/8" x 9-7/8"
  • Age Range: 2-6

Description

A mysterious rumor spreads among a colorful sea of fish in Kate Read’s new picture book, a follow-up to the award-winning One Fox.

All is quiet in the deep blue sea, when a rumor bursts forth about a “great big fish hiding in the deep!” One by one, new fish are sucked into the growing story—the red octopus was really rattled, which petrified the purple puffer fish, and startled the blue shoal, until they all flee…into a deep, dark cave. Uh-oh! That’s no cave at all, but the mouth of a whale!

Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor Award-winner Kate Read returns with a clever oceanic twist on the old telephone game starring a tiny pink fish and schools of brilliantly hued fish in a deep blue sea. As the chatter spreads, young readers will explore different varieties of sea animals, colors, and themes of gossip and unchecked claims. Perfect for interactive readalouds as well as for early childhood education units on colors, friendship, and marine life. Back matter includes an introduction to color theory.

Author/Illustrator

Kate Read

Author

Kate Read is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator with her debut, One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller , receiving an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. She was originally trained as a theater designer, and she graduated from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge with an MA in children’s book illustration. She lives in England with her family.

Kate Read

Illustrator

Kate Read is a debut children’s book author and illustrator. She was originally trained as a theater designer, and she graduated from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge with an MA in children’s book illustration. She lives in England with her family.

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Reviews

“Bright, energetic art, with schools of colorful fish, creates a brilliantly colored undersea menagerie. The fishy dialogue is conveyed in literal speech bubbles and is frequently laugh-out-loud witty. . . . [An] amusing underwater romp.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Stunning colors create eye-catching spreads in this tale set under the sea. . . . This is a story that is sure to delight readers with the surprise ending.”School Library Journal

Resources

Resources: Activity Kit, Videos & Trailers

Activity Kit

More Details

F&P: M, Gr 2, Genre F
Lexile: AD450L
Themes: Colors, Surprises, Friendship
BISAC 1: JUV009020 JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Colors
BISAC 2: JUV039060 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
BISAC 3: JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories

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