Need the name of a Dr Suess book

[Wickerman]

any help appreciated.

Its the story about the kid who gets a gold fish from the fish store guy. He tells the kid he can only feed him a pinch of food, no more. I won't give away the ending, I guess that should be enough.

Anyone recall what the heck the title of that was?

thanks!

[notadmblnd]

1. one fish two fish, red fish blue fish?

nt

[rwheeler31]

2. I can remember reading that to my kids, good book,

don't know for sure but try Big Fish Little Fish.

[Mister K]

3. A Fish out of Water

By Helen Palmer, Illustrated by P.D Eastman

[arwalden]

6. Yep... And Amazon.Com Confirms That With This Plot Description

The story in "A Fish out of Water" is quite simple. A young boy, not unlike myself except that he has long hair (relatively speaking in my case at that age), goes to the fish store and pick out a goldfish to purchase. The boy decides to call the fish Otto and is told by Mr. Carp the correct way to feed him: "When you feed a fish, never feed him a lot. So much and no more! Never more than a spot, or something may happen! You never know what!"

Of course the young boy does give Otto more than "so much" and he learns what happens when you feed a fish too much. One of the scientific principles here is that too much of good things can be very bad, especially is the good thing there is too much of is food for a fish. The other scientific principle is that goldfish tend to grow in size in proportion to the container in which they are contained. So the idea that a goldfish can GROW is grounded in truth and even as a kid I knew this. Besides, all the police and firemen in town know better than to feed a fish too much, so there are all sorts of authority figures reinforcing the lesson here.


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394800230/qid=1121396624/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-6386321-0460848

[Wickerman]

9. lol, that is it. My 7 y.o. just got fish & we need to learn about feeding!

I loved that book as a kid.

[Wickerman]

7. that's it!

thanks. Right, it was only published in the set of Suess books, not a Seuss title.

thanks!

[Liberal Veteran]

4. What was that one called where Horton hears a who?

:shrug:

[Democracy White]

8. Horton Hears a Who

and I find "Green Eggs and Ham" to be disturbing.

Dee

[Tom Kitten]

5. McElligot's Pool ?

If that's the one it's my all time favorite!