A Million Fish ... More or Less explained
A Million Fish ... more or less is a 1992 children's picture book by Patricia McKissack. It is about a boy of the bayou, Hugh Thomas, who has a fishing adventure.
Reception
Booklist, in a review of A Million Fish, called it "a joyful story about storytelling" and concluded "Rooted in the words and landscape of Louisiana's Bayou Clapateaux, this celebrates that we all live in "a mighty peculiar place."[1] Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Dena Schutzer’s paintings swirl with movement and high-spirited fun, and Patricia McKissacks’ narrative is expansive, evocative, and tangy with Southern-flavored dialect. In all, a fine read-aloud for a hot summer day."[2]
A Million Fish has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[3] School Library Journal,[4] Publishers Weekly,[5]
Awards
- 1992 CCBC Choice[6]
- 1994 Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8[7]
- 1995 Young Hoosier Award Picture Book (K-3) - nominee[8]
- 1996 NCTE Books That Invite Talk, Wonder, and Play[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: A million fish-- more or less . Buffalo and Erie County Public Library . February 22, 2017.
- Web site: Book Review: 'A Million Fish ... More Or Less' . Michele Landsberg . July 31, 1992 . ew.com . Time Inc. . February 25, 2017.
- Web site: A Million Fish ... more or less . Though it doesn't have quite the enchantment of the author's Flossie and the Fox (1986), this lively, well-cadenced tale makes a good African-American counterpart to Seuss's classic And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC . February 25, 2017.
- Web site: A million fish-- more or less: Reviews . McKissack understands the elements of good story, and includes just enough detail to make it work. .. The vital, action-filled paintings seem naive at first glance. However, viewers will quickly see that each seemingly careless brush stroke works toward a harmoniously integrated whole. . catalog.wccls.org . February 25, 2017.
- Web site: A Million Fish...More or Less . This splendid collaboration is a perfect blend of two distinct styles--text and art trying to outdo each other, it seems, with joyous results. . January 1, 1992 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. February 25, 2017.
- Book: CCBC Choices 1992: 14 Picture Books . Kathleen T. Horning . Ginny Moore Kruse . Merri V. Lindgren . 1993 . Friends of the CCBC Inc. . February 25, 2017.
- Book: Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 - Picture Books: Primary and Beyond . 90 . Rudine Sims Bishop . 1994 . National Council of Teachers of English . February 25, 2017.
- Web site: YHBA - Nominations: Past YHBA Nominees . ilfonline.org . Indiana Library Federation . March 30, 2024.
- Book: Books That Invite Talk, Wonder, and Play . 175 . Amy A. McClure . Janice V. Kristo . 1996 . National Council of Teachers of English . February 25, 2017.
