By Eoin Colfer (author) , Peter Bailey (illustrator)
"Perfectly crafted, this fishy tale is funny, touching and illuminating"
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Set in postwar Communist Warsaw, this perfectly crafted story is funny, touching and illuminating.
Grandpa Feliks is cross when his eight year old granddaughter Lucja laughs at his stories of the war and grumbles about the Germans and the Communists, but the difference in their viewpoints is clearer still with the arrival of a live carp. Grandpa Feliks has gone to a great deal of trouble to get it, determined it will form their Christmas Eve dinner, as carp did in the good old days. But the longer ‘Fishy’ lives in their bath, the greater the friendship between dinner and granddaughter; will Grandpa Feliks get his wish?
His capitulation is a comic as it is inevitable, and as Fishy swims happily on, readers have learned so much about life, love and family relationships. With delicate black and white illustrations by Peter Bailey and its Christmas setting, this would be a lovely book to find in a stocking, but it’s a delicious read for any day.
Little Lucja's Grandpa Feliks has seen off the German army, and the Communists, and now he is looking forward to a long and peaceful retirement. He plans to begin with a tasty Christmas Eve dinner of carp. But when the carp arrives alive and takes up residence in the bathtub and Lucja's heart, has Grandpa Feliks finally met his match?
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Bringing a top-selling Little Gem to a new market in a standard paperback format, this new edition offers the same fantastic text and illustrations but in a format more appealing to older readers.
High-quality cream paper and a special easy-to-read font ensure a smooth read for all. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+
Both Eoin Colfer’s parents were teachers and young Eoin was taught by his dad Billy at Wexford’s Christian Brothers primary. Eoin remembers his dad’s presence in school as “witty…[he] made school fun.” Colfer junior’s first attempt at serious writing came in the sixth grade. “I wrote a play for the class about Norse Gods. Everyone died in the end except me.” Eoin followed in his parents’ footsteps and trained to be a teacher but his writing didn't stop and his first book, Benny and Omar , appeared in 1999 and instantly achieved bestselling status in Ireland. Then in 2001 the first Artemis Fowl book was published and he was able to resign from teaching and concentrate fully on writing.
Apart from the hugely successful Artemis Fowl series his books include The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World , And another thing.... and his most recent adventure novel W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin .
Eoin Colfer was nominated for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. picture copyright Michael Paynter.
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Little Lucja's Grandpa Feliks has seen off the German army, and the Communists, and now he is looking forward to a long and peaceful retirement. He plans to begin with a tasty Christmas Eve dinner of carp.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Fish in the Bathtub and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
The Fish in the Bathtub features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Festive Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Historical Fiction
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The Fish in the Bathtub was written by Eoin Colfer and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
The Fish in the Bathtub has 54 pages
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