The fish who could wish - John Bush

'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! ...

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 ...