Find Request It

Cover Image

Jangles a big fish story

A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shannon, David, 1959-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Blue Sky Press, c2012.
Subjects:	Trout > Juvenile fiction. Fishes > Juvenile fiction. Storytelling > Juvenile fiction. Tall tales.
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:	9780545143127 (hardback) 0545143128 (hardback)
Author Notes:	David Shannon was born October 5, 1960, Washington, D.C. He is an American author and illustrator. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design and now lives in Los Angeles. In 1998 he won the Caldecott Honor for his No, David!. He also wrote A Bad Case of Stripes, How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball, and The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza. He has also illustrated Audrey Wood's The Bunyans, various books by Jane Yolen including The Ballad of the Pirate Queens and Encounter, as well as Melinda Long's How I Became a Pirate and Pirates Don't Change Diapers. Shannon currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. (Bowker Author Biography)