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Animals and bubbles. 

Bubbles and animals.

If you didn’t think those two things went together, you’re wrong.  Animals use bubbles every day in amazing ways to eat, stay safe, move and even communicate. A new nonfiction picture book explains just how animals rely on bubbles.  It also throws in lots of fun facts you can use to amaze and astound your friends.

Payton joins Read, Write, Repeat to share his thoughts on what makes this book pop.

Reviewer name:  Payton

Age:  7   

Payton likes:  Reading books, building things, riding his bike and eating tacos. 

Book reviewed:  Bubble Homes and Fish Farts. Written by Fiona Bayrock. Illustrated by Carolyn Conahan (Charlesbridge, 2009)

This book was about: Different animals and what they do with bubbles. 

The best part was when:  I liked the part where the fish fart.

I laughed when: The fish farted. 

I was worried when:  The snapping shrimp snapped and made bubbles — THAT’S HOW HARD HE SNAPS!

I was surprised that: Fish actually fart. 

This book taught me:  About different animals. 

Other kids reading this book should:  Pay attention to what it says about animals. 

Three words that best describe this book are:  Bubbles, fish and homes. 

My favorite line or phrase in the book is:  “P.U.! That’s why I live in fresh water.” 

You should read this because:  It’s very funny. 

 Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Payton!

Bubble Homes and Fish Farts is a Junior Literary Guild selection. It also was nominated for a Cybil Award.

If you’d like to learn more about this book, visit the Charlesbridge Publishing Web site.

If you’d like to learn more about the book’s author, Fiona Bayrock,  visit her Web site. If you want to know more about the illustrator, Carolyn Conahan, here’s her site.

So be honest … Did you know that fish farted?