Summary:
What happens when you take something that doesn't belong to you? Well readers will learn a valuable lesson about not taking what doesn’t belong to you in this story. When a little fish takes a hat from a much bigger fish he thinks that he has gotten away with the hat, but the illustrations show what the little fish cannot see.
Visual Element:
Color
The dark colors used for the black of
the deep sea, the mixture of browns, tans, specks of white, and forest shades
of green blend together to draw reader’s attention. The author is consistent
throughout the pages of this silly story to convey the little fish’s thoughts
and the whale’s thoughts. The colors also allow the reader to feel as though
they are seeing this happen at the bottom of the sea or ocean and readers who
have questions, who have prior knowledge or even struggle can visualize and see
the realistic attributes of each page.
This little story helps to teach young readers that we
should not take things that do not belong to us. After a little fish steals a
small hat that he feels fits him perfectly from a large, whale he tries to
justify his actions on why he stole the hat. The book does not come out and say
that you should not steal, but it can be implied throughout the text. Young
readers will be able to see how upset the bigger fish is about his missing hat
and can hopefully understand how they can make others feel if they take
something that is not theirs.
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