The Fish Who Could Wish

By John Bush

Book Overview

Historical events, however consequential, reduce easily to abstractions that quantify rather than qualify. Statistics, however disturbing, distance us from the responses that they should elicit. Lest we become anesthetized, we turn to fiction or poetry, to searing imagery and compression of language that crystallize for us the immeasurable elements of historic tragedy. A delicate and brave retelling of the Holocaust, The Death Mazurka rediscovers the human equation--numbers assume faces in a catalog of events that dance hauntingly before us. As the most humanistic of histories, this tight cycle of poems is riveting; as art, it engraves an unforgettable portrait of pain and beauty. What Charles Fishman has choreographed, memory will not relinquish.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916291359
• ISBN13: 9780916291358
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Kane Miller Book Pub
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.4" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Fishy Fun

This book was sent by our cousins in the UK, who always send wonderful books, along with "The Dog Who Could Dig." The whole family loves them both!

A Humorous, Touching Story

This is a lovely, delightful little story with gorgeous illustrations. The moral is one to be discussed with your child - that if you were like "everyone else" you would lose what makes you special. A must read for every child!

Great fun to share!

This is a great story to share and read aloud. The rhyme scheme flows easily, and the illustrations are just as silly as the text. The kids in my storyhour have loved it as well as the adults. Boy, that is one foolish fish!