Coco The Fish With Hands

by Aleesah Darlison
Illustrated by Mel Matthews
Published by Penguin
ISBN 9781760899226

A delightfully illustrated hard cover picture book for emerging readers about an endangered fish with hands called Coco.

Coco is one of a special species of fish only found in Tasmania's Derwent River Estuary near Hobart. Remarkably only 300 of these fish remain.

The story takes the reader on a journey of these fish that use their hands to walk along the ocean bed and they'll soon discover that these "hands" are in fact small fins. The way in which the story is told of their lifecycle and how they live and breed will endear these fish to the young reader, showing why we all need to take good care of our oceans and the environment.

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Aleesah Darlison is an award-winning Australian children’s author. She has written over fifty books for children including picture books, chapter books, novels, and series. In January 2021, Aleesah received an Australia Day Award from the Sunshine Coast Council. Aleesah has also won numerous awards for her writing including the 2015 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Aleesah’s novels include the League of Llamas Series which were featured in schooldaysmagazine.