The PoutPout Fish, Deborah Diesen
The PoutPout Fish, Deborah Diesen
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The Pout-Pout Fish

Author: Deborah Diesen

Narrator: Fred Berman

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2023

Synopsis

The first audiobook in the New York Times bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series from Deborah Diesen.

Deep in the water,
Mr. Fish swims about
With his fish face stuck
In a permanent pout.

Can his pals cheer him up?
Will his pout ever end?
Is there something he can learn
From an unexpected friend?

Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading "dreary wearies" isn't really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhyme come together in this fun fish story that's sure to turn even the poutiest of frowns upside down.

The Pout-Pout Fish is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

About Deborah Diesen

Deborah Diesen is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pout-Pout Fish books and the Worry-Worry Whale spinoff series. She has also worked as a bookseller, a bookkeeper, and a reference librarian. She lives in Michigan with her family.

About Dan Hanna

Dan Hanna has over ten years’ experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on BBC America and the Cartoon Network. He lives in Camarillo, California.

About Fred Berman

Fred Berman is a five-time winner of the AudioFile Earphone Award for Audiobook Narration and the recipient of the 2013 Audie Award for narration in Spy the Lie. He has read a number of audiobooks for young listeners, including Judy Blume’s Soupy Saturdays with The Pain & The Great One and Andrew Clements’s The Last Holiday Concert. He has also narrated the audiobooks for Robert Kirkman’s popular series, The Walking Dead.Berman is an accomplished actor of both the stage and screen as well, performing on Broadway as Timon in The Lion King and off-Broadway in Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. On television, Berman has had roles on NBC’s hit series Smash as well as All My Children and Law and Order. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne

The Pout-Pout Fish is a hauntingly realistic portrayal of one fish's journey through depression and self-loathing. Much like what happens in real life, his well-meaning friends try to help him by giving him sage advice like,"turn that frown upside down". But their words of wisdom go unheeded. Ulti......more

Goodreads review by Jon

P-P F is a funny story that will teach young children that they have control over how they interact with others - very important lesson.......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine

Read for my toddler’s bedtime. A fun rhyming story about a fish with a pout pout face. He swims along and meet different fishes under the sea. Everyone makes a comment about his pouty face except one and it changes him. Read from kindle unlimited.......more

Goodreads review by Lee

So rhythmic it reads itself -- love the phrases ("a kaleidoscope of mope") and the smooching finale. The best of the bunch so far.......more

Quotes

“Younger kids will love the repetition of the verses in this tale of a pout-pout fish.” —TIME magazine, from its Top 10 Childrens' Books of 2008 List

“Winning artwork...Hanna's cartoonish undersea world swims with hilarious bug-eyed creatures that ooze personality” —Kirkus Reviews

“Appealing...the cartoon illustrations of undersea life are bright and clean and the protagonist's exaggerated expressions are entertaining.” —School Library Journal

“Diesen's clever rhymes are playful and fun and are sure to keep children's imaginations swimming from page to page.” —Times Record News

Awards

  • SCIBA Book Award - Winner
  • Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award
  • Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
  • TN Intermed Volunt State Book Award ML
  • Colorado Children's Book Award Master List
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