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"Though he made his name and his fortune as an author of western novels, Zane Grey's best writing has to do with fishing. There he was free from the conventions of the western genre and the expectations of the market, and he was able to blend his talent for narrative with his keen eye for detail and humor, much of it self-deprecating, into books and articles that are both informative and exciting. His first published fishing article appeared in 1902,...
4) Fishing day
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
When Reenie and her mother, who are African Americans, go fishing, Reenie decides to share the secret of their success with their needy white neighbors.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Four animals make their way to a pier, hoping to catch some fish for dinner, but as they spy one another each fears another will ruin his or her luck.
10) Henry and Ribsy
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Series
Henry Huggins volume 3
Description
Henry Huggins makes a deal with his father--if Henry can keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, he can go fishing with his father. Ribsy does his best to make Henry lose the deal.
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Series
Publisher
Sandpiper, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Company
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Unable to interest her parents, her brothers, or even her dog in going fishing with her, Lana creates her own boat and lake in her bedroom and soon has all the company a girl could want
13) Big fish dreams
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Publisher
Raven Productions, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
Jon is determined that this will be the year he catches the biggest fish during a family fishing trip while Chia, a Chinook salmon, is just as determined to reach her spawning grounds upstream. Includes facts about salmon and watersheds.
14) Bait
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
v, 330 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Former Scotland Yard copper Jake Moore, co-owner of a marginal sport fishing outfit in Mombasa, owes an Arab oil dealer $17,000 for diesel fuel because the country's civil unrest has scared off Ernies, pale-faced tourists who came to Kenya in search of big fish. Jake; his fellow Brit partner, Harry Philliskirk; and Det. Insp. Daniel Jouma, possibly the only Kenyan cop not on the take, tangle with a variety of nasties, whose crisis-management skills...
17) Fish
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"A boy and his dog embark on what is clearly not an ordinary day of fishing." -- Page [2] of cover.
18) Un d́ía con papá
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
Description
When a father and child go fishing together, each does certain things his own way, and both have a wonderful day.
19) The secret river
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
Young Calpurnia takes her dog, Buggy-horse, and follows her nose to a secret river in a Florida forest, where she catches enough fresh fish to feed her hungry neighbors, even after giving some to the forest creatures she meets on the way home.
20) Hooked
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A boy and his dad discover all they have in common on a fishing trip in this sweet picture book about father-son bonding.
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