Product Description

The smallest fish can tell the tallest tales ... "Sorry I'm late, Miss. I set off really early but on the way to school I was captured by a squid. I wriggled and I struggled till a turtle came and rescued me." "Oh, no, he didn't." "OH, YES, HE DID." Tiddler is a little fish with a BIG imagination| What ever will he come up with next?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #817 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Synopsis
This little fish has a very big imagination! Every day, Tiddler is late for school, and every day he has another tall take for his teacher. But did he really ride a seahorse? Did he really meet a mermaid? And who will believe him when he really does get captured in a net? Tiddler is a classic of the future, with a little hero that all children will identify with.

Customer Reviews

Tiddler's complicated!
I really wanted this effort from the Donaldson/Scheffler team to work with my preschool class, but sadly it was not to be. While the general rhyme-scheme is pleasing and there are a number of in-jokes (for instance, there is an unnamed species of fish featured which bears a remarkable resemblance to a Gruffalo) which can be shown to young readers, there are a couple of drawbacks:

Firstly, much of the plotline - about a tall-tale telling little fish named Tiddler - goes above preschool children's heads.

Secondly, the necessary interest in and awareness of different types of fish is/can be difficult to explain to youngsters - particularly those who do not live near the sea/ an aquarium...

Again, this means that it is a struggle to convey the story to children in an age group for which 'Monkey Puzzle', 'The Gruffalo' and 'A Squash and a Squeeze' - all of which have more general appeal - have been favourite stories.

Tiddler/the fish who cried wolf
A lovely story but please be careful as another book by the same authors called "the fish who cries wolf" is actually the same book with a different story. My daughter was very disappointed when handed a new book with a new cover but exactly the same inside.

A little book with a big imagination
This is a wonderful story with a relaxed rhyming text which is so easy and enjoyable to read to very young children. My children of 3 and 2 years absolutely adore this story and were delighted to spot "the Gruffalo fish" among the illustrations. At three years old, I had never heard of "sunfish", "butterfish" and "dab". If you are looking for fun, enjoyable (and educational) storytimes with your children, I really recommend this book.