You Can't Pat a Fish
Author(s): Ruth Paul
Children's Fiction | NZCYA 2025 Finalists
A joyful rhyming Suessian romp that puts a playful twist on getting a pet.
If it's wet, it isn't a pet! You can play with a puppy and snuggle a bunny, but as much as you wish, you can't pat a fish. A visit to the pet shop is just the beginning of this delightful, insightful and fun-filled story of not getting what you wished for!
General Information
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- : Walker Books Australia Pty, Limited
- : Walker Books Australia
- : 385.0
- : 04 March 2025
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Ruth Paul
- : Hardback
- : Ruth Paul
- : English
- : 32
More About The Product
Ruth Paul is a masterful picture book writer and illustrator, and her many awards prove it. You Can't Pat a Fish is yet another treat for young readers and listeners. A joy to read aloud with easy flowing rhyme and rhythm and all the animals children could ever wish to love, this is going to be a favourite in the classroom and at bedtime. * What Book Next *
Ruth Paul is an award-winning writer and illustrator of children's picture books, and a New Zealand Arts Laureate (2019). Her books have been published in New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada, the UK, China and Korea, with translations into five languages. She has twice won the Picture Book Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Ruth is an experienced presenter at both schools and literary events, and takes up the University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence fellowship in 2023. She is also a champion of her local community Makara, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, where she lives and looks after a large native forest project.
