Gilbert the Great

by Jane Clarke

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Gilbert, a great white shark, plays with Raymond, a tiny fish, every day. But who will Gilbert play with when Raymond's family moves away?

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Almost every child knows what it's like to move or to have a friend move away. With his dazzling undersea pictures in vibrant colors and a text full of heart and wit, Charles Fuge captures that sad feeling perfectly--and offers plenty of comfort, too.
Gilbert and Raymond were friends but raymondhad to move away across the ocen with his family. Gilbert was very sad and everyone tried to make him happy but nothing could change how he felt about not being with his friend. Gilbert and his mom got to go out to eat and met a friend whose name was rita, they became friends and just like that gilbert found a new friend that he could play and have fun with.
This book tells the story about a great white shark named Gilbert and his remora friend named Raymond. One day Raymond has to leave and Gilbert becomes sad until he meets a new remora. Underlying theme of symbiotic relationships.
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Original publication date
2005
First words
From the time Gilbert the great white shark was a tiny pup, Raymond the remora stuck to him like glue.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I'd love to," she said, and the two new friends swam off to find a ball to play with.

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Children's Books
DDC/MDS
823.92Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-2000-
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PZ7 .C55355Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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