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Published May 27, 2021 at 4:16 PM CDT From Begin with a Bee by Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and Phyllis Root; illustrated by Claudia McGehee. Published by the University of Minnesota Press. Text copyright 2021 by Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and Phyllis Root. Illustrations copyright 2021 by Claudia McGehee. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Fishtastic! A Tale of Magic and Friendship” is a book inspired by new sculptures erected at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City last fall. The art installation is called “Wellspring” and features 30 granite fish c...
View Comments When Chuck Swanson first asked Tess Weaver and Jennifer Black Reinhardt to make a children's book inspired by the 30 granite fish now resting on the Hancher Auditorium's lawn, there was some trepidation. “I just remembered walking (outside Hancher) wondering what to do," Weaver said. "I kept having the strangest image of a trunk being pushed onto a riverbank and then falling back into.” From there, the ideas began to flow and — in a fraction of the time typically taken to write, print and publish a children's book — "Fishtastic!" came to fruition. "Fishtastic! A Tale...