Ruby Sisson Library

Henry Huggins makes a deal with his father--if Henry can keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, he can go fishing with his father. Ribsy does his best to make Henry lose the deal.

Little Critter and his grandma have a day of adventure when they go fishing.

In 1869, Gloriana Womack's family is much smaller since smallpox killed her mother and two of her siblings. She lives in a modest cottage in Duluth, Minnesota, with her father and young brother, and she has dedicated her life to holding her tiny, fractured family together--especially as her father is frequently gone on long fishing trips. Their livelihood may come from the waters of Lake Superior, but storms on the lake can be dangerous, even to those...

"Based on [the author]s own experiences as a young man, the books two novellas and short story are set in the small towns and mountains of western Montana. It is a world populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, but also one rich in the pleasures of fly-fishing, logging, cribbage, and family. By turns raunchy and elegiac, these superb tales express, in [the author]s own words, 'a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes by.'y--...

Mr. and Mrs. Green, two alligators, spend time together fishing, painting, and going to the park.

While fishing with their mother two boys discover that she loves them equally but in different ways that acknowledge their unique qualities.

A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.

A quiet, simple man and a war veteran, Noah has a mystical gift for fishing, yet he remains haunted by the war. In the way that innocence creates powerful events, Noah meets Eleanor Cunningham, a young widow whose husband supposedly killed himself after returning home from the war. Over the course of a week, Noah will be led into the secret lives of the residents of the Valley of Light, will join them as they mourn a tragedy, and will experience...

"Daniel has always heard stories about Big Larry, and when his grandpa dies, he is determined to catch the big fish"--Unedited summary from book.

When the older penguins won't let Pete fish with them, Pete goes off by himself and meets some new friends: a whale, a boy, a seal, and a sea lion.