Don't Trust Fish

What do we REALLY know about fish? They look all innocent…but are they? This hilarious new picture book by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat is a warning to us all. Is it safe to have a fish in your home? You might reconsider. Are they plotting to take over the world? It’s a very real possibility! Kids will laugh out loud at Santat’s wonderful illustrations and Sharpson’s dry humour. I can’t wait to read this one aloud. One thing is for sure, you’ll never look at fish the same way again.

The Kids Bookshop

You might be fooled by the scientific illustrations on the opening pages into thinking this book is a serious educational text, and while this cheeky, funny and outright irreverent little book is educational, it’s not in the ways you’d expect! Author Neil Sharpson begins by defining a mammal, a reptile and a bird, with Dan Santat’s crisp illustrations to match. But things go off the rails when Sharpson tries to define a fish. What even is a fish? They live in fresh and salt water, they have gills and lungs, they eat plants, invertebrates and even other fish! You’ll soon learn what fish are: untrustworthy!

Tamuz Ellazam, Readings

With hilarious cartoon-style illustrations by Caldecott medallist Santat, Don’t Trust Fish explains all the real (and invented) reasons why fish are indefinable, inconsistent and untrustworthy creatures. A delight for children aged 4+ (and their adults too), but not advisable for ichthyologists and/or children with goldfish.

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