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| View Larger Image | Big Al
by Andrew Clements
by Yoshi
| | List Price: | $6.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 36826 | | Studio: | Aladdin | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Reading Level: | Ages 4-8 | | Number Of Pages: | 32 | | Publication Date: | September 01, 1997 | | Publisher: | Aladdin |
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Product Description
Poor Big Al! He just wants to make friends. And in the whole wide blue sea you can't find a nicer fish. But because Big Al is large and scary-looking, the little fish are afraid to get to know him.What can he do? He tries everything he can think of -- from disguising himself with seaweed to burrowing under the ocean floor so he'll look smaller. But something always goes wrong, and lonely Big Al wonders if he'll ever have a single friend. Then one frightening day, when a fishing net captures the other fish, Big Al gets the chance to prove what a wonderful friend he can be! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 9 reviews)
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A wonderful story! 
I have been a preschool teacher for 15 years and this is one of those books we read often - sometimes every day! It is sure to become one of your child's favorite stories, too!
May 29, 2008 | |
Good book 
My 3 year old loves fish, and she was immediately drawn to this book. The illustrations are soft, and the story, about a scary looking fish who is really nice, is a good message.
March 05, 2006 | |
The illustrations give life to an important lesson...
Big Al is truly the scariest-looking fish, but - like all of us - he just wants to be accepted by his peers. In fact, he does everything to be accepted: Wraps himself up in seaweed, puffs himself up, hides in the sand so others will come close, changes color to match a passing school of fish, but to no avail. Then comes Al's chance to save the day and make some friends.Yoshi's illustrations are rich and give life to Al's world underwater. I've used this book in my classroom for kids to understand how we are all unique in our own way, but we each have a strength to offer others.
September 29, 2003 | |
Lesson: Be yourself!
This has a charming story, and wonderful illustrations. Kids can learn about being themselves and being a good friend by Big Al's example. It has a heroic main character who saves the fish who had refused his friendship. What I think could have been done better/differently is to play up the ideas that no matter what you look like, you can be a good friend, and that it's important to be yourself. Clements ends the story a little too suddenly to explore that idea, in my opinion. It does, however, leave room for classroom or parental discussion once the story has been read. This is a sweet book, with a nice message, even if it's not terribly obvious.
September 12, 2003 | |
Perfect story!
So many kids books that deal with real life issues often cop out by having the character solve the problem in a way that kids couldn't possibly apply to their own life. This book is a shining example of how to achieve what so many authors cannot: solving a real problem in a real way that can be applied to real life. Beyond the beauty of the lesson, "Don't judge by appearance", is the beauty in the way the story is told. The artwork is a superb extension of the text. Buy this for every child you care about.
February 21, 2001 | |
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