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Written by Tammi Sauer
Illustrated by Zoe Waring
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. Picture Book.

A group of friends become less enthusiastic about their fishing trip the longer they go without catching a fish--and when they finally hook a fish it is too big and scary!

By Meghan Gottschall 
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bearport Publishing, 2022. Informational. 24 pgs.

Welcome to the pond! Bait your hook, cast it into the water, and get ready to reel in the big catch. Follow along with Rory Racoon as you go on a fishing adventure in the great outdoors.

Written by Matthew Swanson
Illustrated by Robbi Behr
New York : Imprint, 2020. Picture Book.

Each summer, a young girl and her family travel to remote Egegik, Alaska, where they join a salmon fishing crew.

Written by Nadine Robert
Illustrated by Maja Kastelic
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020. Picture Book.

Elsie's six older siblings overrule her ideas when they all go fishing, but by the end of the day learn that sometimes her way of doing things is best.

Written by Jarrett Pumphrey
Illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey
New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton and Company, 2021. Picture Book.

Off a small island, a boy and his grandfather set sail in their beloved fishing boat. They ride the waves, catching wants and wishes and seeing the wonders of the ocean. But soon the boy is sailing the boat himself, drifting further from shore as the waters grow muddied and turbulent. When a storm washes him ashore, he sees home in a new light. He decides to turn the tides of his fortune, cleaning the island's waters and creating a new life with a family to call his own.

By Ottis Redding
New York : Akashic Books, 2021. Picture Book.

Otis Redding and Steve Cropper's timeless ode to never-ending days is given fresh new life in this heartwarming picture book.

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