The Pout-Pout Fish Goes To School

The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School, by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Dan Hanna, is a children's book about Mr. Fish's nervous first day of school, where he worries he isn't smart enough to write, draw, or do math. The story reassures young readers that school is a place to learn these skills, with the help of his kind teacher, Miss Hwitt, who teaches him that he belongs and can succeed with practice, turning his "blub-blub" worries into confidence.