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Swimmy

by Leo Lionni

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Swimmy has a tough life. His family gets eaten by a hungry tuna fish. He is lonely, and ends up exploring on his own. Eventually, he comes across a school of fish who hide because they are afraid of getting eaten. Swimmy comes up with a plan: he has all the fish work together to ward off danger. ( )
  PeterSinclair | Dec 1, 2009 |
Reading level: 3.5
This book is about a little fish who is the only one different then the others. He has all orange brothers and sisters and he is solid black. He goes off on his own and finds other orage fishes who he has gather together to create a larger looking fish and he swims as an eye. so he is able to find the perfect spot for him and the other fish are able to get out and swim in the ocean. ( )
  dlsmith5 | Nov 16, 2009 |
A beautiful book that does a great job depicting teamwork while showing the wonderfulness of the sea. A young fish swims through the ocean alone when his school is eaten by another fish. He sees many interesting sights before finding his new home. ( )
  lwmasters | Nov 15, 2009 |
swimmy is about a black fish who fights the odds and stands up to the big tuna, teaching other fish the the sum is greater than its whole ( )
  hprintz07 | Nov 13, 2009 |
Swimmy was a small fish who lived in the ocean with his brothers and sisters. They were all red and he was black. They swam together everyday. One day a large hungry tuna came. He ate all of Swimmy's brothers and sisters, but not Swimmy. Swimmy was alone and sad. He started to swim and found that the ocean was not so lonely after all. He saw lobsters, jellyfish, and sea anemone. There was something that Swimmy saw that was much more interesting than all he had seenin the ocean. He saw fish that looked just like his brothers and sisters. He asked them to swim with him but they were afraid they would get eaten. Swimmy designed a plan. He and all of the other red fish swam together. The school of fish looked just like a large fish. Swimmy was the eye. The school was so big they were able to chase off the other big fish. They had lots of fun together.
  LanitaBostic | Nov 5, 2009 |
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For my friend, Alfredo Segre who gave Swimmy his name.
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A happy little school of fish lived in a corner of the sea somewhere.
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Illus. in color. "An exquisite picture book. A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage himself and his new companions."--(starred) School Library Journal.  

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