Swimmy is about a little black fish who is all alone in the world because his family was eaten by a bigger fish. He soons discovers that if he and his new friends work together they can out smart the bigger fish.
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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. ( )

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. ( )

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. ( )

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 ( )

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.

This is an excellent example of fantasy becasue the author personifies the fish and other creatures with voices and human like thoughts, actions, and motivations. Swimmy is the main character and protagonist. Swimmy is a round protagonist becasue he is the most active character and grows as a leader and individual through the story.

This is a good example of fantasy giving the fish human characteristics and giving a reason as to why fish swim in schools.

Swimmy is a cute book about a little black fish who belongs to a red school of fish. When all the red fish get eaten, Swimmy swims and discovers new things in the ocean. He swims up to another group of red fish and decides to join them. He teaches them how to swim together to look like one big fish so they dont get eaten by any other big fish. When they run upon the big fish, they end up scaring them off becuase they look bigger than them. This is a great book to show what you can accomplish when you work together.

Swimmy lives in in a reef with many other fish. Swimmy is a tiny black fish. One day this school of fish gets eaten by a much larger fish and Swimmy is the only one to survive. He swims all around the ocean looking for new friends and one day finds a new school of fish to join. But this school of fish is scared because they don't want to get eaten. Brave little Swimmy convinces them to swim in the shape a big fish so they can scare any big fish away.

1.1匹だけ色の黒いSwimmyは、小さな赤い魚が集まって大きな魚の形になって泳げば、大きな魚に食べられないことを発見。黒いSwimmyは赤い大きな魚の目になっています。

2.We are going to swim all together like the biggest fish in the sea!

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Swimmy is a little black fish who is the only one left after the other little red fish are eaten by a big tuna fish. When he finds other little red fish, he has an idea for them to all swim together to look like a big fish.
This book is a good example for teamwork and sharing differences.

This is about a fish who gets lost from his family. On his search to find a new family he runs into many different sea animals. Finally the black fish finds a school of red fish just like the ones he used to hang out with. The fish determines a strategy for hiding from the bigger fish. The red fish will swim in the shape of a large fish and he will be the eye. (second grade)

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Swimmy is the only fish from his school to survive being eaten by the big fish. Swimmy is scared and sad but continues to be adventurous. He finds a school of fish just like the one that was eaten by the big fish. He tells them to swim and look like a big fish and he would be the eye. They went around and chase all of the big fish. ( )

Swimmy is a fish who has never had a sense of belonging. When he has to find a new school of fish, he is determined to fit in. In order to face the giant fish, the new school forms a giant fish shape collectively with Swimmy as the eye. This website has information on Lionni and his books: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/lionn... This is a great book for discussing differences and fitting in.

In this story a lonely little fish journeys on his own to find other fish friends and teaches them, while they accept him into their own family, or school. This book shows how to take your weaknesses and sad emotions and use your strengths to overcome them. Leo Lionni has an author site with other books and resources at www.randomhouse.com/kids/lionni/ ( )

Swimmy is different than all of his brothers and sistsers: he is faster and black instead of white. When a tuna eats his family, Swimmy manages to escape. He sees many places in the ocean. Finally, he finds another school just like his family, but they are too scared of big fish to swim around. Swimmy has the idea that they should all swim closely together in the shape of a really big fish, and chase all of the big fish away. A good website for this book is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ0zj1...

Swimmy is a black fish who's brothers and sisters are all red. One day a big tuna came and ate all the red fish; Swimmy was the only one who survived. So he set out on his own in search of another family. He saw many things; like a medusa, a lobster, other fish, a forest of seaweed, and even an eel. But soon he found fish just like him. He said that they should all swim close together so the bigger fish does not eat them. So they learn to swim like a big fish and Swimming was the eye.

This book is about a fish named Swimmy who can swim faster than any of his brothers and sisters and lived with a large school of happy red fish. Swimmy was the only fish that was black. One day, a big, fierce, hungry tuna fish came and swallowed the whole school of red fish in one gulp. Swimmy managed to get away, so he swam away quickly into the deep sea and became scared and lonely. Swimmy saw many different things on his adventure through the sea by himself until he was so happy to run into another school of fish, just his size, except they were red. Swimmy joins in and comes up with a plan for them to all group together and swim around in a certain postition to look like a big fish in the sea so that no other fish would bother them. Swimmy played the role of the eye of the fish, because he was the only black one, and they swam together through the water and chased the big fish away. ( )

Swimmy is a little black fish in a school of red fish. After a tuna eats his entire family, he is the only survior. He then wanders the sea finding new and amazing things that he has never seen before. He then comes across another school of red fish hiding in the darkness of the sea. He comes up with the plan to work together and swim as one, side by side to form a big fish. With Swimmy as the eye the swim the sea seeing amazing new things, and scaring the big fish away.

The children really loved this story. The pictures are amazing, and very colorful. While reading this story, the children sympathized with him for losing his friends, and expressed how happy they were when he found a new school of fish.

For a class activity, I would have the children go "fishing" for letters. Using all red fish, and one black fish in our "sea". Although there are endless activities you could do with these fish, I would use them the spelling of the children's names. The first child to catch all of the letters in their name would win.

Swimmy is a little black fish among many red brothers and sisters. One day, a giant tuna fish comes and gobbles all his red siblings up, leaving him alone. So, he decides to explore the ocean around him, and find new friends. He comes across jelly fish, and coral, and eventually another school of red fish hiding form the tunas. He hatches a plan to swim together as one big fish, and he'll be the eye. So, all the fish scared away the tuna they once afraid of because they worked together.

this book was pretty simple. the moral was clear, but there really wasnt much plot to it. i liked the use of stamps the illustrator used to do the pictures, but they were not very colorful. overall, i think this book was alright, but not great.

the book could be used to show students that teamwork pays off, and could be put into practice palying tug of war or maybe a group picture that they would add their personality traits up, and describe how they could use them to help one another. ( )

Swimmy is a book that follows a little fish on his journey through the ocean. His brothers and sisters are eaten by a tuna and he has to go out by himself. He sees many different things along the way and then meets another school of fish just like his brothers and sisters. He teaches them how not to be afraid so they can all swim together and see the great ocean too. ( )

There was a school of little red fish, but one fish was different from all the others, Swimmy was black. One day a hungry tuna fish can and ate the entire school, except for Swimmy. Swimmy was sad and lonely, so he began to explore the sea. He saw big beautiful fish, lobsters, jellies, coral, and many more new things. Swimmy created a plan, that his school would swim in the shape of a big red fish, and Swimmy would be the eye. Together the school chased away all the hungry fish.

This book was very cute. It teaches a valuable lesson on the importance of differences, Swimmy was needed for the eye of the big fish. This book would be good for a beginning reader, but could also be used as a read aloud.

1) Discuss with students the values of having differences. Point out differences in all the children that make them so special.
2) Create some of our own sea creatures out of paper, opener for a lesson on aquatic animals.

Swimmy was a small black fish who belong to a school of red fish. When a big tuna fish came alone and ate all of swimmy's family, he became sad and lonely. One day Swimmy found a new school of red fish who were to scared to come out of hiding. Swimmy taught them to swim close together to look like a big fish. Swimmy helped his friends to have courage. This is a great book that covers so many topics. It talks about marine life, friendship, courage, and leadership. This is a fun book to read and discuss with young children. ( )

Leo Lionni's wonderful book about a smart little fish named "Swimmy" is a classic. Swimmy manages to save his new friends from the big fish of the sea by thinking creatively. It teaches kids about the power of imagination and the strength of community.

The illustrations from Lionni are phenomenal. Watercolors swirl together to form the ocean, doilies get transformed into seaweed, and little circles are made into coral. And Swimmy himself is iconic. He's just a plain, little, solid black fish who stands out in the almost transparent sea of tiny red fish. It's a great book to play "find that fish" with!

The story is wonderful, too. Lionni's vocabulary is diverse and challenging; words like "marvel," "fierce," "sugar-candy," and "swaying" are a delight to see in a young child's book.

For these reasons, and many more, Lionni remains a favorite of children everywhere. ( )