In this fifth entry featuring the Pout-Pout fish, Mr. The softly-colored illustrations contain interesting and original depictions of sea creatures and underwater destinations. There are always new friends to meet and new foods to try and places to visit. Even being far from home need not mean that someone is completely alone. Anyone reading the book will appreciate the reminder that trips often have bumps and detours and things never go quite as we plan, but we can still have a wonderful time and learn something along the way. Young readers are sure to be reassured about their own new experiences or trips from this beloved fish's journey. Although his first thought is to rush back home, he draws strength from within and by thinking about his friend waiting for him back home, and he decides to keep traveling. Even though some detours and mishaps cause him a little bit of concern, he manages to soldier on and only has a meltdown when he realizes that he has not packed his 'snoozy-snuggly' (unpaged). In this story told in rhyming text, everyone's grumpy fish, Pout-Pout Fish makes careful plans for his vacation and then sets off, ready to have fun.

While taking a trip can be exciting, sometimes it can be a bit scary to travel somewhere new, especially when things don't go as planned. It fills a niche-two niches with the problem too of a missing sleep-buddy, which can happen while traveling but also at home. This book covers several problems that a child could encounter while traveling-though some of the problems are more likely to be problems for adults than for children (detours, specifically)-and that makes it relevant.

And his creature is at home, waiting for him, when he gets back. But he arrives at his destination to find that he forgot the creature (part-nightlight, part-stuffy, maybe a pet? Don’t look into that too carefully, I guess) that he sleeps with, and it seems that the vacation is ruined, but he decides to hold it “in his heart” though they’re apart and ends up having a fantastic vacation.

Despite its hiccups because of the help that he receives, that part of the adventure is fun. And I’m having an adventure on my trip away from home!” The Pout-Pout Fish encounters several bumps on his trip but is always helped by locals who know the area. There’s a new mantra in this one: “I’m a fish who loves to travel. Now cheered up, the Pout-Pout Fish is going on his first vacation. Review originally published on my blog, Nine Pages.

The pout pout fish far far from home