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Keywords

african american, animals, assertiveness, birds, careers, cat, creole, crow, family, fish, fishing, friendship, grandparents, imagination, multicultural, numbers, raccoon, recreation, storytelling, turkey, verbal communication

Title

A million fish...more or less

Description

Hugh Thomas lives in a place where weird things happen and people spin tales. Elder Abbajon and Papa-Daddy tell Hugh Thomas a tale about Bayou Clapateaux. On the way home from fishing, Hugh Thomas makes up his own spin tale.

Author

McKissack, Patricia C.

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Illustrator

ISBN

0-679-80692-X

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1992

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Jennifer J. Thompson, Jennifer L. Thompson, and Madeleine Harner, 1994

Citation

McKissack, Patricia C., “A million fish...more or less,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed May 28, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/6325.