The Fish of Small Wishes, Elana K. Arnold
The Fish of Small Wishes, Elana K. Arnold
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The Fish of Small Wishes

Author: Elana K. Arnold

Narrator: Erin Ruth Walker

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/30/2024


Synopsis

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is The Fish of Small Wishes.

Fall in love with a modern fairy tale inspired by a Jewish family memory in this magical picture book by award-winning picture book creators Elana K. Arnold and Magdalena Mora.

Once, there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt.

The fish was very hot and very dry.

But when Kiki put it in the bathtub, it started swimming, and growing, and . . . speaking?

"I want to grant you a wish for saving me," it said.

A wish-granting fish!

Alas, this fish was only a fish of small wishes, and Kiki’s wish was too big.

Unless . . . there was a way for both their dreams to come true.

Follow Kiki and the wish-granting fish in this contemporary fairy-tale perfect for fans of A Big Mooncake for Little Star and Carmela Full of Wishes.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press.

About Elana K. Arnold

Elana K. Arnold is the author of critically acclaimed and award-winning young adult novels (Damsel, What Girls Are Made Of) and children's books (A Boy Called Bat). She lives in Southern California with her family and a menagerie of pets.

About Magdalena Mora

Magdalena Mora is a Minneapolis-based illustrator and graphic designer with a special interest in children's books and visual storytelling. She has illustrated Deborah Diesen's Equality's Call and Jackie Azúa Kramer's I Wish You Knew. When not drawing, she spends her free time reading, people-gawking, and trying to find the best tacos in the Twin Cities. Mostly the latter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mai

Make a wish, but just a small one. This small, sad, shy fish reminds me of myself. Anyway, this was very short and cute. 🎧 Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Young Listeners......more

Goodreads review by Mary

We all really enjoyed this delightful story. The audiobook had fantastic narrator, sound effects, & music. It all came together very well for a fun, engaging presentation. It is super short, only eight minutes long, but people of all ages enjoyed it. I would’ve liked to have heard an example of a sm......more

This was a wonderful new experience for us as a family. This was our first time listening to a children’s book on audio. What a unique opportunity to share a story with my little ones. I do wish I had the book in hand to follow along with the audio. The narration was well done and so easy to underst......more

Goodreads review by Viviane

A little girl finds a fish of small wishes. She tries to think of a wish small enough for the fish to grant, but the fish is growing and growing and getting too big for her bathtub.......more


Quotes

★ "Well suited to reading aloud, this imaginative narrative...glow[s] with warmth and color." -- Booklist, starred review

"A sweet...lesson about finding your voice." -- Kirkus Reviews

"This pleasantly eccentric picture book will remind readers that wishes don’t always require magic to be fulfilled." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (BCCB)

"Strokes of gouache...and digital collage, depict a blue-green world bubbling with possibility in this folktale-feeling work." -- Publishers Weekly