This was a refreshing story of an Inuit boy that turns into a fish. It was fun but also highlighted an often over-looked part of the population. The illustrations were lovely!

It is a story of a man who take Fish-boy, a boy with the tail of a fish and no arms, as his son. Together they fish and become famous. They travel to different towns where they are faced with hostility. Fish-boy saves his father and his men by turning them Into birds so they can fly away and turning them back to men when they got back to land.

It was really cool to see something different in a children's story. growing up in the 2000's and 2010's, I don't remember seeing much diversity in terms of race. The characters in this are Inuit which is a race I didn't hear about until high school. It was refreshing to see something new.

This is a beautiful book that is educational as well as an interesting story that will draw in young readers. The illustrations are wonderful and the writing is informative as well as gripping.

With a title of “Fish-Boy” and a fun, engaging cover, this seems like a winner of a book. A magical boy finds a father and uses his magic to punish would-be attackers.

But appearances can be deceiving and this volume has some aspects that should cause caution. For starters, we are told that this is an Inuit folk tale. But the author does not indicate in her book where she got the tale from. We are left to wonder if the tale is an actual Inuit tale or a fable of the author’s own invention. Other questions pop up, such as – why does the magical boy have white skin while the Inuit people are dark-skinned? These things should serve as caution when reading a seemingly harmless tale.

There are good folk tales out there and I would recommend reading one of them. You could read “Hiawatha and the Peacemaker” [Robbie Robertson] or “The First Strawberries” [Joseph Bruchac]. But I would be hesitant to hand someone a copy of “Fish-Boy”.

Fish-Boy is a story for children (and adults) that teaches so many things among the beautifully-illustrated pages. Most of all, I think it teaches kids about how we treat others, especially those who are different from us. Fish-Boy and his father are treated badly because of other villagers' prejudices in this story.

I really liked that there was a mini-dictionary in the back of the book because it helped me to understand words that were not familiar to me, even as an adult. It is an Inuit story from a culture I know very little about so this was a great way to introduce me to the culture. It's a story I will be reading to my children as they grow older, showing them about cultures different from their own.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced electronic copy of this book. This Inuit folktale is a wonderful addition to any multicultural library. I loved the vibrant colors and the unique art style. It added a great visual component and highlighted small details (carvings on the walking stick) to the story. This is a story of inclusion and teaches important lessons of respecting elders and learning from mistakes. I can’t wait to share this amazing book with my students.

Fish-Boy is a wonderful story within a story, where we learn about the Inuit folktale of a boy who became intrinsically linked to the people on the Diomedes Islands in the Arctic region of North America.

The art style and the colors used in the artwork are gorgeous and bring this story to life from the very first page. The colors and patterns in the artwork are layered, adding dimension and mimicking the nesting effect of the stories as well as portraying the magical and arctic aspects of it.

This was an incredibly enjoyable read, that both children and adults could learn from. I hope more of the Inuit stories are documented in beautiful forms like these.

I really enjoyed this one! It was a little more in-depth than some of the others we've been reading, but my son didn't mind. I had to explain a few things to him that went over his head, like why this boy wanted a stranger to be his father, and he was happy to go along with it.

The illustrations were beautiful and the story was fascinating. Fish-Boy is a story within a story, and I liked how they used an elaborate tale to explain why so many birds flocked to an island. They turned a simple question into a life lesson.

We really enjoy folk tales, especially when they are from other cultures. I think this allows children to not only learn a lesson but also learn about another culture. Fish-Boy is a perfect combination of the two. The story tells us about an Inuit child living in the Arctic of North America. Fish Boy tells us the story of a little boy that has to travel with his new father and experience new adventures and villages that are not always nice to him. The little boy overcomes all the obstacles with a giant heart.

Fish Boy as told by Vanita Oelschlager was an Inuit folk tale about a mythical fish boy. While the illustrations in this book are beautiful, I felt the story was not executed well as a children's book.

I would have preferred to have read this from an Own Voices Inuit author or at least have credit given to the person or community this folk tale belongs to. While the author donates some proceeds from the sales of this book to a charity, it does not go towards benefiting the Inuit or any Indigenous community which makes this folk tale seem stolen from its community to profit off of.

Thank you to NetGalley for the digital copy to read in exchange for an honest review. I will not recommend this book and would prefer to read Own Voices when it comes to stories and folk tales that are usually very tied to a community's worldview and can get lost in translation.

I would have liked for this to be a FN/AN/AI/NA/Indigenous own voices story.

The creators are respected scholars and the works really reflect their dedication to their work. I liked the multiple representations of arctic Indigenous silhouettes and beauty present here. There are explanations and interwoven linguistic aspects present, too.

I guess the thing giving me pause is that this is something I would have liked to see and hear from Native creators themselves. The end pages indicate that the authors intend to donate a percentage to charitable means, but they are not Indigenous focused ones. This work while aesthetically pleasing and interesting to read takes the ideas and culture of Indigenous peoples and takes money that could go back to Native communities through their creators or organizations out of their pockets.

I loved the story thank you Netgalley for providing me with an eARC. I would recommend it for young adults as well as adults. The language might be a bit advanced for smaller children. The illustrations are beautiful and supported the story perfectly.

A beautiful book, whimsical. It's great to read a different cocktails from a lesser known part of the world.

Vanita Oelschlager’s Fish-Boy is beautiful Inuit origin storybook. Even more beautiful are the illustrations. Mike Blanc has created gorgeous full, high color illustrations which bring the story alive. Showing that everyone has strengths and weaknesses, with a full array of emotions, the book will appeal to adults as much as to children.

What a beautiful book! I have never heard of a fish boy, or a boy who is basically an armless mermaid. I enjoyed the images the most. They are beautiful and draw the audience in. I love the way that the reader can learn about Inuit's through this tale, while also learning lessons from a folk tale, which I assume has been retold many times over the years. I liked seeing how different the fish boy is, and how there was no real discussion of how the boy is so different, other than no arms to use to help with fishing. There is no discussion about having a fishtail, which is a bit odd to me, but at the same time, I appreciated the lack of discussion on the topic. What I liked the most is the lessons that are taught and the emphasis on doing for others. Kindness is the main focus of the book and I think, in a world that is so harsh, it is a book that is vastly needed.

An excellent book for older readers.

A beautifully illustrated story filled with twists and turns galore. This story would definitely engage older readers and have them curious to learn more.

I had never heard this Inuit Folk Tale before and I am quite impressed with the illustrations which I imagine would have been challenging to imagine into being. I enjoyed the tale with many unique twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting. I appreciate when old tales are retold in new ways. I think there is something truly wonderful about how this book teaches readers an important lesson by the end.

Just splendid ! This was a short picture book about an inuit folk tale and i loved how well the tale was executed so well . It is a tale that is passed down by a very old Inuit . This story is just so magical and it preacges an important lesson of how important hospitality is through a very simple yet beautiful story . The illustrations of this book were stunning , each picture was so detailed and all the colours fit perfectly with the vibes of the book .
Thank you to Netgaley for providing me with an arc in exchange of an honest review .

I received a free eARC of this book in return for a n honest review; thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity.

This picture book of an Inuit moral fairytale was beautifully illustrated and very approachable in the retelling of the story.

This book would be perfect for any older child interested in reading mythology.

Special thanks to NetGalley for providing a digital copy in exchange for an honest review

This isn'y my favorite of Vanita's books. I feel like this is a bit too long as far as children books go personally, but the folk tale was interesting and not something I've read before