Lee Nordling and Meritxell Bosch, the team behind the dynamic 2014 book BirdCatDog, explore the murky deeps of the ocean in fishFishFISH! This 2015 graphic novel once again uses the revolutionary concept of BirdCatDog in which there are 4 different ways to read this book.
First you can travel with the little yellow fish as he swims in the deep blue sea all by his lonesome. Second, you can trail the big, bad barracuda on the hunt to fill his belly. Or thirdly you can join the school of fish as they make friends amongst the coral. Or you can read how the stories all three subjects in this book intertwine by reading the whole page from top left all the way to the bottom right.
Although this book took a little while for all three stories to really gel but by the halfway point Nordling and Bosch crafted a really excellent story that was exciting and fun. (Side note: just where are all fish swimming at, Atlantis? With sunken ships, broken pottery, and damaged statues either a cargo fleet for ancient Greece's version of Pottery Barn hit a massive storm or these fish are the new residents of the fabled sunken city of yore!)
Though there are no words in this graphic novel, this is a great graphic novel for readers of all ages, especially aspiring artists and writers. With the unique format that tells each character's story individually and as a whole, this book is a great tool for teaching children about sequential art, plotting, and intermingling of storylines. The art may be cartoony, but the lessons it teaches about story structure make this (and it's sister book BirdCatDog) required reading for kids who dream.
Worth Consuming
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars
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