Find Request It

Cover Image

Big Al

A big, ugly fish has trouble making the friends he longs for because of his appearance--until the day his scary appearance saves them all from a fisherman's net.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clements, Andrew, 1949-
Other Authors:	Yoshi (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997.
Subjects:	Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Fishes > Juvenile fiction.
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	A big, ugly fish has trouble making the friends he longs for because of his appearance--until the day his scary appearance saves them all from a fisherman's net.
Physical Description:	1 vol.
ISBN:	9780689817229 0689817223
Author Notes:	Andrew Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey on May 7, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Northwestern University and master's degree in teaching from National Louis University. Before becoming a full-time author, he taught in the public schools north of Chicago for seven years, was a singer-songwriter, and worked in publishing. He is well known for his picture book texts, but it was his middle school novel, Frindle, that was a breakthrough for his writing career. Frindle won numerous awards including the Georgia Children's Book Award, the Sasquatch Children's Book Award, the Massachusetts Children's Book Award, the Rhode Island Children's Book Award, and the Year 2000 Young Hoosier Book Award. His other works include The Landry News, The Janitor's Boy, No Talking, Things Not Seen, Things Hoped For, and Things That Are. (Bowker Author Biography)