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Title details for If I Were a Fish by Corook - Available

If I Were a Fish

by Corook
Olivia Barton
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From the creators of the viral hit song that is a joyous celebration about making the best of a very bad day comes If I Were a Fish - a gorgeously illustrated picture book explosion of positivity and love guaranteed to make you smile.
From the musicians and viral TikTok creators of If I Were A Fish, Corook and Olivia Barton, comes a delightful picture book adaptation of their silly, happy song. Join Corook and Olivia as they grab a guitar and dive into the comforting world of what it might be like to be a fish instead, and together, they make the best of a bad day. Humans and fish alike are welcome to sing (or kazoo) along!
How lucky are we?
Of all the fish in the sea
You get to be you!
And I get to be me!
Brightly and beautifully illustrated by the award-winning Mike Curato, this inspiring song about surrounding yourself with the people that make you the happiest is a timely reminder that it's always best to be yourself.

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  • Release date

    December 5, 2023

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781250357021
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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      December 15, 2023

      K-Gr 2-A song that went viral on TikTok with a jaunty tune and an infectiously joyful performance makes a successful transition to print with help from Curato's bright, lively cartoon views of the two singers amid fish, fish-kazoos, and a thoroughly diverse audience of happy listeners. With one discreet change of wording from the original, (a repeated "Damn, they're cute" becomes "Wow, they're cute") the simply written ditty celebrates togetherness despite differences-whether it be weight, or body shape, or, with oblique inclusivity, just being mismatched like socks, "You get to be you/ and I get to be me." Sharing pages with images of a cell phone and frowning emoticons (and offering a hint about what prompted the song's composition) the refrain does seem to go off on a tangent with complaining references to internet trolls being "so mean" and "afraid of what they've never seen." The sudden switch is disorienting, but a final view of that phone chucked into a fishbowl leaves no doubt about the proper response to online hate, and even younger readers will feel the glow of positivity in the overall message. VERDICT Silly on the surface, serious underneath-but to make its point most clearly, it should be sung out to, or with, young audiences.-John Edward Peters

      Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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