Author(s): Lena Podesta

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A hilarious, heartwarming picture book perfect for our times, with subtle lessons about the importance of sharing, home, and friendship.

Gil the goldfish lives in a fishbowl with 138 pebbles--he counts them every day--and a plastic castle. It's too crowded When leaves his fishbowl in search of open spaces, he finds a loud, dangerous, dry land that is full of many interesting creatures but is not quite suitable for a fish. Thank goodness for Turtle, the new friend Gil meets in the not-so-great outdoors Will Gil and Turtle make it back to the fishbowl, and will Gil make peace with his home sweet home?