From narration that consists entirely of Barnacle's mopey monologue to a dockside environment defined by creamy blue water, a bit of sand, and a couple planks, Fenske keeps it simple, deploying his closing jokes with confident comic timing. I bet he soars with sailfish") that abruptly ends with the arrival of a hungry eel it turns out that being bored beats being lunch. He is a two-time winner of the Geisel Honor for Nothing Fits a Dinosaur (2022) and A Pig, a Fox and a Box (2016). After a dopey-looking yellow fish shows up, it triggers a series of jealous imaginings ("I bet he dives with dolphins. Jonathan Fenske is the author and illustrator of more than twenty-five books for children, including A Crabby Book series, part of Scholastic’s Acorn imprint. I am dry and hot." Fenske gives Barnacle pale limbs that dangle in the water like idle fingers and a range of grimaces and half-lidded glares. Affixed to the underside of a dock, Barnacle has an existence that's low on mobility and big on routine. In a mischievous skit of a story, Geisel Award Honoree Fenske (A Pig, a Fox, and a Box) introduces a dyspeptic barnacle for whom the sea grass is always greener until it isn't.
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