Synopses & Reviews
Bestselling storyteller David Shannon instantly hooks readers with this stunning, highly entertaining tour-de-force--his best book ever!
Breathtaking oil paintings bursting with energy pull
readers along into Big Lake, the home of Jangles, the
biggest fish anyone has seen. Fishing alone at dusk,
a boy feels a tug on his line and comes face-to-face
with the gigantic trout--whose enormous jaw is covered
with so many lures and fish hooks that he jingles and
jangles when he swims. Terrified by the sight, the boy is
shocked when Jangles befriends him and takes him on an
adventure to the bottom of the lake. A surprise ending
will leave readers laughing and shaking their heads. Here
is Shannon at his very best-in a wild and witty story that
begs repeated reading.
Review
Awards and Honors for David Shannon
The Bunyans (by Audrey Wood)
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
American Booksellers Pick of the Lists
How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball
New York Times Best Illustrated Book
No, David!
Caldecott Honor Book
New York Times Best Illustrated Book
School Library Journal Best Book
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon
The Rain Came Down
SCBWI Golden Kite Award
Good Boy, Fergus!
New York Times Notable Book
Too Many Toys
New York Times Bestseller
Review
"The heroes of most picture books are furry and adorable. Not Shannon’s (Too Many Toys!) trout Jangles, who lunges out of a spread with his gold eye gleaming, fins tense, underslung jaw studded with dozens and dozens of fishing lures and hooks: “They clinked and clattered as he swam. That’s why he was called Jangles.” The unnamed narrator’s father shares a story his father told him, a highly embellished tale about his father’s boyhood, when Jangles was the fish everyone wanted to catch. The trout’s wily ways were the stuff of myth: “[H]e ate eagles from the trees that hung out over the lake and full-grown beavers that strayed too far from home” (a spray of feathers and a glimpse of trout tail can be seen in midair as an astonished beaver looks on). The boy in the story catches Jangles—he claims—but few will foresee what happens next, in a series of events that owe both to folklore and suburban legend. Picture-book art doesn’t get much more rousing than this; for anglers in particular and adventure lovers in general, it’s a slam-dunk. Ages 4–up. (Oct.)" - Publisher's Weekly starred review
Awards and Honors for David Shannon
The Bunyans (by Audrey Wood)
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
American Booksellers Pick of the Lists
How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball
New York Times Best Illustrated Book
No, David!
Caldecott Honor Book
New York Times Best Illustrated Book
School Library Journal Best Book
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon
The Rain Came Down
SCBWI Golden Kite Award
Good Boy, Fergus!
New York Times Notable Book
Too Many Toys
New York Times Bestseller
Synopsis
Breathtaking oil paintings bursting with energy pull
readers along into Big Lake, the home of Jangles, the
biggest fish anyone has seen. Fishing alone at dusk,
a boy feels a tug on his line and comes face-to-face
with the gigantic trout--whose enormous jaw is covered
with so many lures and fish hooks that he jingles and
jangles when he swims. Terrified by the sight, the boy is
shocked when Jangles befriends him and takes him on an
adventure to the bottom of the lake. A surprise ending
will leave readers laughing and shaking their heads. Here
is Shannon at his very best-in a wild and witty story that
begs repeated reading.
About the Author
David Shannon is the internationally acclaimed creator of more than thirty picture books, including NO, DAVID!, a Caldecott Honor Book and his second NEW YORK TIMES Best Illustrated Book of the Year. In addition to three more David picture books, Shannons bestsellers include TOO MANY TOYS; HOW GEORGIE RADBOURN SAVED BASEBALL (newly released in 2012); A BAD CASE OF STRIPES; DUCK ON A BIKE; ALICE THE FAIRY; and GOOD BOY, FERGUS! A native of Spokane, Washington, he is an avid fisherman. He and his family live in California.