Ruzzier, Sergio. Fish and Wave. Sergio Ruzzier, Illus. Easy Read. I Can Read! Comics Series: Level
1. HarperAlley, 05/2022. 32pp. PLB $16.99. 978-0-06-307667-9. Picture Book $4.99 978-0-06-307666-2
ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-1.
Fish meets wave, wave tosses fish, wave returns, fish plays in and on wave.
This is the basic synopsis of this early reader which is also billed as an early graphic novel. Written with
only a few words per page, the comic-like text is within speech bubbles instead of under the illustrations
as in a typical easy reader. This Comics series begins with two introductory pages to parents about how
to help beginning readers read the comic format (which would be more useful for books with multiple
panels per page versus the single panels in this title). Like most books in the I Can Read series, this Level
1 is a great title for those beginning to read.
Joshua Rees, Daly City Public Library