For my birthday my Mom and Dad like to give me both Caldecott and Newbery Award winners, so this year I got the most recent ones.
Some of you may recognize Jon Klassen's name from his other work I Want My Hat Back
My mother read this before giving it to me and when I opened it with my friends and family around, we had an impromptu storytime, because the book is hilarious!
The little fish is a thief, he stole the poor sleeping big fish's hat (who doesn't love a giant fish with a tiny hat!).
Of course the tiny fish knows that if he gets caught he will be a goner so he is swimming away to hide from the big fish, though he doesn't think he'll catch him!
Ah the old finder's keepers losers weepers argument , of course fish know this!
Now Klassen's has received criticism before for his works because they do have questionable endings. They are meant to be humorous, and yes they may be a little dark, but I can tell you there wasn't a dry eye at our storytime, we barely made it through each page without bursting into laughter.
So I believe if you explain to your children the idea behind it, and that yes there are consequences for actions (though maybe not quite so extreme) there shouldn't be a problem!
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