Splish, Splash! (My First I Can Read Series)

by Sarah Weeks, Ashley Wolff (Illustrator)

Overview

Rub-a-dub-dub! Chub the fish loves to scrub in his tub. One day his friends come to call. They want to splish and splash too. Can a tub so small hold them all?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780064442824
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/05/2000
Series:	My First I Can Read Series
Edition description:	1ST HARPER
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	588,749
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Sarah Weeks has written more than fifty books for young readers. Some of her picture books include Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth!, and Glamourpuss. Her bestselling novel, So B. It, is a feature-length film starring Alfre Woodard and Talitha Bateman. Ms. Weeks visits thousands of students in elementary and middle schools across the country every year. She is also an adjunct professor in the prestigious MFA Writing for Children and Young Adults program at the New School. Sarah lives in Nyack, New York, with her husband, Jim Fyfe, and their dog, Mia. You can visit her online at www.sarahweeks.com.

Ashley Wolff is the award-winning illustrator of many children's books, including Little Donkey Close Your Eyes by Margaret Wise Brown; Home Sweet Home by Jean Marzollo; Splish, Splash by Sarah Weeks; and Some Things Go Together by Charlotte Zolotow. Ms. Wolff lives with her family in San Francisco, California.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Gr 1--A tale of a fish named Chub and his wonderful big tub told in rhyme with colorful illustrations. Who would have thought that a bath could hold a fish, a cat, a bull, a snail, a giraffe, a snake--and more? But in they all go, with a tiny bug the last one to find a spot. Repeated throughout is the refrain, "And they splish/and they splash,/and they splash/and they splish." The silly illustrations show all the familiar tub-time accessories children love from rubber duckies to bubbles galore. A cat in a shower cap and a snake in an inflatable tube are just some of the amusing characters squeezing into this communal tub. The words are all simple and familiar, and the story is engaging, making it a good choice for beginning readers.--Dina Sherman, Brooklyn Children's Museum, NY

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