The Pout-Pout Fish (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure, 1)

A cute fishy story with adorable illustrations - and Deborah is a great speaker and does a wonderful storytime for children around her book!

I am a children's librarian and this is the best book I've read in a long time. When I read it for storytimes, kids are immediately engaged and helping me to tell the story! Adults, you will love it too!

Love, love this cute book. Perfect for storytimes since it features plenty of repetition and rhyming words.

Of all the children books I have read so far this one is my favorite! The illustrations are wonderful and they go great with the story. The story is about a fish who has a pout face and he thinks he must be glum because of the way his face looks. All of his friend try and cheer him up but it is not

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working. Then along comes a new fish and she gives him a kiss. He then figures out that he is a kiss kiss fish.

I think this story is great for smaller children and older alike. I like how it sort of portrays a pouty child. I know my two little ones pout a lot and their faces look a lot like MR. Fishes face. I cant wait to read this to the Pre-K class I get to read too.

I would use this book to talk my kids about the way we act sometimes. Sometimes the way we act can make people not want to be our friends.

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This book is about a fish that has a “pout-pout” face. He swims through the ocean with his sad face while all his fish friends try and cheer him up. They pout-pout fish does not listen to his friends when they try and cheer him up. However, one fish knows just what to do turn pout-pout’s

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frown upside down.
This story reminds me about my best guy friend. He always knows exactly how to put a smile on my face when I have a pout face. The Pout-pout fish is also a great reminder of how important it is to have a friend who can cheer you up.
One lesson a teacher could use with students is for the children to all give examples of how they can cheer a classmate or a friend up if they are having a bad day. Another in class project is to think about a time when a student was having a bad day and have them write a short essay about how someone or something helped to cheer them up.

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The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.

I like it very much about the fish at the end. You will see the fish kissing - that is so weird. Review by CM

This is one of the books that I use when the kids I work with are tired and just don't want to do anything. It cheers them up and me too!

Kids will love the rhythmic rhymes in this fun and funny book and delight in watching the Pout-Pout Fish transform into a Kiss-Kiss Fish all because he received a smooch from a lovely "silent silver shimmer." Kids will especially love the "Blub, Bluuub, Bluuuuuuub" sound that the Pout-Pout Fish

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makes. If you like this book, you'll also love Deborah Diesen's "The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big, Big Dark."

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This book is another great book to get the children involved in the book reading process. It is catchy, rhyming,and repetitive. Which gets the children reading the book along with you.

This is a great book about finding out who you truly are. The fish swims around the ocean thinking that he is supposed to be a pouty fish, and in the end he finds out exactly who he is. With the help of his friends he starts to understand that he is not a pout-pout fish!

This story is wonderful. There is a lot of repetitive phrases. The illustrations are colorful and appealing. The pout pout fish is somewhat like a depressed fish because he has a frown and just accepts his life as being sad and "dreary". All of his friends wonder why he is so unhappy and ask him

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so. At the end of the story a bright pink fish sneaks up on him and gives him a huge kiss on the lips. Suddenly he realizes that he is a "kiss kiss fish" and he supposed to spread cheer all around.

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This book is very cute for younger children to read. The fish is always pouting and by pouting he gets nowhere. Children can learn that constant pouting will get them nothing. They should always try to be happy and not sad if they do not get what they want.

I love the illustrations in this book. My younger son loves the smooch part and now gives smooches instead of kisses.

I love poetry, and this is a great book about attitude, and how powerful a great attitude can be. Pout Pout fish thinks he can only be gloomy because thats just how it is, but a little kiss changes his entire outlook on life. You don't have to accept things you don't like, you can change them with

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the right attitude!

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Love the rhyming rhythm in this book. Perfect for reading aloud to one or many children. The fish claims that he just looks like he's pouting all the time but in the end he realizes that he was really grumpy and when another fish kissed him he was so happy and became the kiss kiss fish. The

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illustrations are very good, as the fishes eyes show his emotion and there are pages that are split into sections to show the pout pout fish moving through the water. The colors are very bright with a lot of contrast.

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So cute, and the rhymes are so catchy that my teenaged daughter loves reading it too :)

So cute, and the rhymes are so catchy that my teenaged daughter loves reading it too :)

A fish believes that he was made to pout and be sad because of his big lips. Later does he find out that his big lips are great for kissing, not pouting!

Its about a fish that pouts all the time, its colorful and full of details. I think its perfect for children to teach that they can choose a happy life.

Kinda cute, but I think I must be missing something because reviews on GR are quite glowing, and it was a big enough hit to spawn sequels.  I'll pass on them, though.

Although all of his maritime friends attempt to convince the eponymous Pout-Pout Fish to cheer up, the sour-puss swimmer insists that he is what he is, and that he can't help being down in the dumps. It is only when another fish, swimming along in a "silent silver shimmer," happens by and kisses

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him, that our piscine hero undergoes a transformation...

Pairing an engaging tale told in rhyme with colorful, appealing artwork, The Pout-Pout Fish is a picture-book that would make an excellent read-aloud selection, especially with its 'blubby' refrain. I really liked illustrator Dan Hanna's color palette here - lots of beautiful shades on view, so this story definitely doesn't take place in the north Atlantic! - and I thought the text read very well. Recommended to anyone looking for fun picture-books in rhyme, or for children's stories about emotional states and our attitude toward the world around us.

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Author Deborah Diesen & pictures by Dan Hanna create a New York Times Bestseller. Friends help a frown turn into a happy face.

Pout-pout fish thinks he has to pout and be unhappy all the time. When he swims into other ocean characters who ask him to smile/be happy, he explains that he can't. But, then, one day, another fish comes along and kisses him, and Pout-pout Fish discovers that he can turn his pout into a smile.