Window Fishing by DK Dyson and Rudy Gutierrez - OPTIONAL

Window Fishing by DK Dyson, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez PICTURE BOOK Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. $19. 9780593429013

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL, MS - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Rudeday is an artist who doesn't enjoy his job of making art anymore. One day, he hears a tapping on his 4th-floor apartment window and sees a paperclip on a string. Excited, Rudeday draws a fish and attaches it to the string. The fish is pulled up out of sight. Each day, Rudeday draws more fish, and each day they are lifted up on the string. Until one day, it stops. 

I enjoyed the unique mixed media illustrations. I liked the message that we can take breaks and enjoy ourselves, and when we do, we might even find that we help others. I think that the story would be more relatable for kids if it had focused on the little boy on the other end of the string more than the grumpy adult artist. Rudeday is Latino, and the little boy has dark skin and curly hair. 

Rachel, Library Media Specialist