Movie in theaters now! Turn little pouts into big smiles in this splashy adventure where Mr. Fish, the star of the New York Times bestselling The Pout-Pout Fish series, starts his first day of school! On the first day of school, Mr. Fish feels out of place. The troubles he imagines put a pout-pout on his face. “Trouble One: I’m not smart! Trouble Two: I’ll never get it! Trouble Three: I don’t belong! So Four: I should forget it!” Join Mr. Fish on his first day of school, where his concerns float away, and he learns that school is the perfect place to learn how to master all of the new skills he’s been worried about. There are more Pout-Pout Fish and Worry-Worry Whale books in the sea: The Pout-Pout Fish The Pout-Pout Fish In the Big-Big Deep The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish The Pout-Pout Fish, Far, Far From Home The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark The Pout-Pout Fish and the Can't-Sleep Blues The Pout-Pout Fish Cleans Up the Ocean The Pout-Pout Fish and the Mad, Mad Day The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale The Worry-Worry Whale and the Classroom Jitters The Worry-Worry Whale Made 32 Mistakes The Worry-Worry Whale and the Halloween Scaries (Coming soon!) In this companion to The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark (2010), Mr. Fish recalls his first day of school. Since he doesn’t know where to go, he peers into several classrooms where students are writing, doing math, and drawing shapes. Pout-Pout becomes frustrated because he can’t do the work and vows to “forget it.” Finally, he meets his teacher (Miss Hewitt of the lovely green eyes and long, flowing blond tentacles), who kindly escorts him to her classroom for brand-new fish, where all kinder-guppies succeed. Fans of this series will appreciate Diesen’s rhythmic—and ultimately reassuring—text, and Hanna’s sunny illustrations contain many clever details (an octopus operates a “clam cam,” and the art wing sports a poster of “Leonardo da Pinchy,” an artistic crab). This should comfort school-phobic preschoolers and slightly older children who can remember their own anxieties. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Diesen and Hanna are reeling in a big one here. With 1.8 million Pout-Pout books already in print, this might just push it over the big 2. Preschool-Grade 1. --Kay Weisman “Diesen tackles a worry not often found in back-to-school books; young Mr. Fish will ease children's fears about what will be expected of them.” ― Kirkus Reviews “Fans of this series will appreciate Diesen's rhythmic - and ultimately reassuring - text, and Hanna's sunny illustrations contain many clever details.” ― Booklist Deborah Diesen is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pout-Pout Fish books and the Worry-Worry Whale spinoff series. She has also worked as a bookseller, a bookkeeper, and a reference librarian. She lives in Michigan with her family. Dan Hanna has over ten years’ experience in the animation industry, and his work has appeared on BBC America and the Cartoon Network. He lives in Camarillo, California.