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The Great Fishing Contest

The Great Fishing Contest

AdventureChildren's Books
Pages
48
Published
2019
Language
English
Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

NostalgicWhimsical
Coming of AgeFound Family

Genres

Adventure Children's Books

Authors

N
Nonny Hogrogian

Nonny Hogrogian (born May 7, 1932) is an Armenian-American writer and illustrator, known best for children's picture books. She has won two annual Caldecott Medals for U.S. children's book illustrations. Since childhood she prefers folk and fairy tales, poetry, fantasy and stories.

Characters

JasonProtagonist

A thoughtful, observant boy who narrates the story and his friendship with Sammy.

SammySupporting

Jason's best friend; together they spend a summer trying to win a coveted spinning rod in an annual fishing contest at the local zoo.

All characters in The Great Fishing Contest