This is a Poem That Heals Fish.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Children's Bookwatch | Date: April 1, 2007 | Copyright information

This is a Poem That Heals Fish

Jean-Pierre Simeon, author; Olivier Tallec, illustrator

Enchanted Lion Books

45 Main Street, Suite 519, Brooklyn, NY 11201

1592700675, $16.95 1-888-330-8477

Prize-winning poet, novelist and dramatist Jean-Pierre Simeon presents This is a Poem That Heals Fish, a children's picturebook about a despondent young boy whose beloved red fish Leon is sick, possibly even dying, of boredom. The boy's mother tells him to hurry and give his fish a poem--but what is a poem? The boy asks everyone he can find what a ...

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