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Ok, me and my records are confused. I'm sure I read this already, but I can't find my review.
Clever nonsense, ambiguous ending, aimed more at worldly-wise than innocent... I feel a bit weirded out.

My son says that it doesn't matter the fate of the little fish. He says there's no reason to give this to a little kid because there's no negotiation. Iow, if we view books as (in part) aids to enlightenment about the human condition, which he and I do, this does nothing but reinforce the motto that might is right and the moral that stealing is stupid, Note that I say *stupid,* not wrong; if the little fish had gotten away, the book implies, everything would be ok.

Now, if this is to be used as a springboard for discussion, or given to an older child who has already participated in discussions about theft and about David & Goliath stories, ok. ... ... But now I'm thinking again about another classic children's story, Jack & the Beanstalk. In *very* few versions of that, that I've read, is there any attempt to justify Jack's theft of goose and harp. That's always bothered me. I wonder if Klassen had that tale in mind....

edit August 2020. I still think about this rather often. I should read the trilogy in one go sometime. I've bumped my rating up a star.