Papa's Mechanical Fish

Candace Fleming and illustrator Boris Kulikov pair up to tell a fun story about a real submarine inventor in Papa's Mechanical Fish

Clink Clankety-bang Thump-whirr That's the sound of Papa at work. Although he is an inventor, he has never made anything that works perfectly, and that's because he hasn't yet found a truly fantastic idea. But when he takes his family fishing on Lake Michigan, his daughter Virena asks, Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a fish?--and Papa is off to his workshop. With a lot of persistence and a little bit of help, Papa--who is based on the real-life inventor Lodner Phillips--creates a submarine that can take his family for a trip to the bottom of Lake Michigan.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 06/04/2013
ISBN: 9780374399085
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.89h x 10.65w x 0.39d
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: School Library Journal 05/01/2013 pg. 72
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2013 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 05/06/2013
Booklist 05/01/2013 pg. 94
New York Times Book Review 06/16/2013 pg. 22
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2013 pg. 31

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 158923 / Papa's Mechanical Fish
Reading Level: 2.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5