Ten Little Fish

Audrey Wood. Blue Sky Press, $16.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-439-63569-1

Mother-and-son team Audrey and Bruce Wood (Alphabet Adventury) turn from ABC to 1, 2, 3 as they introduce Ten Little Fish, a knee-bouncing, countdown. One by one, the fish become diverted: ""Five Little Fish, swimming by the shore./ One grabs a snack, and now there are..."" When only one remains, he meets his soulmate, and they birth a new school of 10 fish. Bruce Wood's cheeky, 3-D illustrations owe a debt to Finding Nemo as he constructs an inviting undersea landscape. .

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