SuitabookRain Fish
Lois Ehlert
- Reading
- Pause over the collage details and invite the reader to spot shapes or materials before reading the rhymes aloud; afterwards, try making a fish from safe, clean found objects.
- Themes
- Imagination and observation: Scraps carried by rainwater are imagined as small fish, with distinctive features assembled from different materials. The book presents imaginative looking and making as a playful way to see the world.
- Making the collages: An author’s note explains that Ehlert collected the found materials used for the book over the course of a year. The note gives a practical glimpse of how the artwork’s materials were gathered.
- Worth knowing
- The imagined fish are made from discards and debris floating in rainwater. Their playful presentation may offer a gentle way to notice what rain carries along.