The fish who could wish - John Bush

The fish who could wish is a relatively new addition to my daughter's book shelves and a new firm favourite. She recently received this as a gift from Bookstart. The fish who could with is written by John Bush and illustrated by Korky Paul. The book is a rhyming story which is always a hit in my house about a fish who can wish and what he actually wishes for. The very lucky fish wishes for all sorts of silly things and in the end there is a moral to learn! The illustrations in the book are bright and funny and they match the story really well. My daughter finds the part when he wishes he was as round as a biscuit most intriguing and ...  Read the complete review

'The Fish Who Could Wish', written by John Bush and Korky Paul, is a fun little picture book aimed at small children but with a bit of a moral at the end too! The entire story is written in rhyme and takes place at the bottom of the sea where we meet a very unusual but lucky fish! This fish is different because every time he makes a wish it actually comes true! This fish wishes for all sorts of unusual things - for example a car and a castle, a horse and a spanish guitar. Quite an unusual set of wishes you may think, but they all miraculously appear. One time he wishes he could ski and all of a sudden the ocean bed is transformed as it snows for a week! ...  Read the complete review

Another story with a message; I must be on a run of them at the moment. I read this book to introduce children to the idea of wanting to be something you are not and of wanting too much. **THE STORY** In the deep blue sea, In the deep of the blue, Swam a fish who could wish, And each wish would come true. He wished for a castle, He wished for a car, But one day he wished Just a little too far… The fish swims round the sea, wishing for all kinds of things, and all of his wishes come true. First, he wishes for a castle, and there it is, a huge castle with our fish swimming out ...  Read the complete review