 A camera-wielding tourist wakes a fisherman who is napping in his boat. He points out that if the fisherman went out more, he could catch more fish. That would allow him to buy a proper motorboat. He could then hire help, find the best fish, open a restaurant, and eventually relax in the harbor and nap in the sunshine. The fisherman replies that is “exactly what he was doing just now.” He has his own ideas about what success looks like. Funny, comic-like illustrations use panels in this adaptation of Boll’s fable about not letting work overtake one’s life. mjw |
| Title: The Fishing Lesson Author: Heinrich Boll (1917-1985) Illustrator: Emile Bravo Publisher: Eerdmans Books For Young Readers Copyright: 2018 Original Language: German Translator: Bernard Friot Original Title: Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral Original Publisher: Verlag Kiepenheur & Witsch GmBH & Co. KG. Cologne, Germany Original Copyright: 1963 ISBN: 978-0-8028-5503-9 Hardcover pages: 44 Age range: 5 up Genre: Picture Book, Graphic Novel Author’s ethnicity: German Illustrator’s ethnicity: French Illustrator’s residence: France Awards: Author has won the 1972 Nobel Prize for Literature Subjects: Contentment, Fishing |
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