Blob the fish is excitedthat he has just won the ugliest animal in the world contest! But the popularity and fame that accompany Blob's win soon go to his head. And the loneliness of his new title goes to his heart. And of course, fame never lasts forever. "An irreverent and insightful modern fable about beauty, ugliness, the paths to acceptance, and how admiration hijacks our sense of self. ... The illustrations by Tallec lend the humorous story a lovely dimension of tenderness. Blob comes alive as a sensitive creature of contradictionsfull of determination yet easily given to dejection, a living fable of ego and insecurity, easy to fault but also easy to love. ... Under Tallecs subtle brush, we see a difficult realization dawn on Blobprivilege is bestowed largely by chance and little of actual substance separates the most fortunate from the least fortunate. There is something charmingly subversive about the very premise, as paradoxical as the idea of trying to fail at failure. There is also something profound in the questions it raises about our civilizational fascination with beauty and its counterpointwhat does it really mean to be ugly..."Brain Pickings An insightful tale about beauty and self worth. The illustrations are incredible with personality and humor oozing from the pages. The Reading Ninja Author Joy Sormanwas a philosophy professor before she devoting herself to journalism and writing. Her first book wasBoys, Boys, Boys, a challenging feminist story about a girl who is a little different.Sormanalso works in TV and radio journalism. Olivier Tallec is an illustrator based in Paris. Following his graduation from the cole Suprieure dArts Graphiques, he worked in advertising as a graphic designer. He has subsequently devoted himself to illustration and has illustrated more than sixty books, eleven with Enchanted Lion Books includingWho What Where?Louis I, King of the Sheepand Big Wolf and Little Wolf and Who Done It? from Chronicle Books.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-4th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Enchanted Lion Books .

Olivier Tallec graduated from the Ecole Superieure des Arts Appliques Duperre in Paris. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, and he has illustrated more than 60 books for children.