# Don't Trust Fish

**Author:** Neil Sharpson
**Grade range:** Grades K–1
**Page count:** 23
**Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780593616680`
**ISBN-10:** `0593616685`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/dont-trust-fish
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

An absurdly laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the villainy of fish, illustrated by National Book Award-winning creator Dan Santat "A ribald and uproarious warning to those unschooled in fishy goings-on." —Kirkus, starred review Why, dear reader, must you NEVER EVER trust fish? 1) They spend all their time in the water where we can’t see them. 2) Some are as big as a bus—that is not okay. 3) We don't know what they're teaching in their "schools." 4) They are likely plotting our doom. This nature-guide-gone-wrong is a hilarious, off-the-rails exploration of the seemingly innocent animals that live in the water.

## Where this book is assigned

### Great Lakes Great Books Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2026-27 nominee (official GLGBA nominee press release + nominees list, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference; Michigan students vote through January 9, 2027) — K-1 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2026-27 nominee (official GLGBA nominee press release + nominees list, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference; Michigan students vote through January 9, 2027) — K-1 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)

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