Carl the Christmas Carp

By Ian Krykorka

Book Overview

Every year, Radim's family has a delicious carp for Christmas dinner, selected from the huge wooden barrels that line the streets of Prague in December. But this year, when Radim sits by the bathtub... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155143329X
• ISBN13: 9781551433295
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 0.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

We Love Carl

This Christmas story not only has wonderful illustrations, it has a fun charming story of a boy and the fish his family is planning to eat for Christmas. It's a great story for the family and the kids love it.

Courtesy of Kids @ Teens Read Too

Radim only wants one thing for Christmas, and that's a new pair of ice skates. If his mother has anything to say about it, though, he'll get a lump of coal in his stocking for not eating his cauliflower! Radim hates cauliflower, and he's not even sure that a bright, shiny new pair of skates will be enough to convince him to eat it. Along with his friend, Mila, Radim spends the last few days leading up to Christmas in Prague trying to slip bits of cauliflower to his dog, picking out just the right carp for the family Christmas dinner with his father, skating in his old skates, and looking at the giant Christmas tree in the Old Town Square. Once his father finally makes a decision on what carp to choose for dinner, though, Radim has a problem. The fish floating sluggishly in their bathtub looks a lot like his Uncle Carl--and suddenly Radim knows that eating this particular carp, no matter how stupid an animal he might be, just can't be allowed. This is a nice bedtime story for the kids, or a story for the entire family to read around Christmas. All children, at one time or another, have thoughts of rescuing a live animal, especially if it's going to become dinner! Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"