Big Fish, Little Fish

Now, you can either read this book as a moral example of pride going before a fall or you can read it as an anti-achievement message about getting ideas above your station. The little fish thinks he's too big for the pond he belongs in and sets out for the sea. Once there, however, after several adventures and encounters along the way, he discovers a shark, loses his nerve and swims back to the pond where he stays happily and undemandingly from then on. With large black type and illustrations in big, bold colours on fold-out pages whenever the action spills over the format, this is an entertaining story for small children. But don't let it stop them being ambitious!