Fish for Supper

Selected as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1977, and now back in print for the first time in a decade, this is a charming picture book about a grandmother and her simple, idyllic daily routine. Fish for Supper is M.B. Goffstein`s Caldecott Honor story of a grandmother and her regular routine in summer: waking at five o`clock in the morning to make the most of a day on the lake, 'with cans of worms and minnows, some fruit for lunch, bobbers, lines, hooks, and sinkers.' Delightfully and wittily, Goffstein departs from the usual fisherman`s tale to give us a day in the life of this no-nonsense, patient fisherwoman who catches 'sunfish, crapper, perch, and sometimes a big northern pike,' who capably cleans her catch, and who can bake to boot. She relishes every bite of her well-earned supper, and the pleasure she takes in her self-sufficiency and graceful work becomes the reader`s as well. Based on Goffstein`s own childhood summers at her grandparents` house on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, Fish for Supper transforms her indelible memories into a story that is as honed and gratifying as its heroine`s days.