"A Fish Made a Wish"

By Chad Tracy and India Houston

One little fish has big dreams. As she meets other friends around the ocean, she tries to imagine what life would be like if she were bigger or faster.



If she could swim like a shark, she’d never be scared. If she were as big as a whale or could glide along like a ray or could spin in the sky like a seagull, how wonderful and different everything would be. But no matter how much she wishes, she is still just the same fish. She asks the other creatures for advice—a whale and an eel and a shark—and discovers that many of them wish to be just like her! Maybe the little fish can find a way to be happy just the way she is.



In this children’s story, a fish dreams of being like other creatures—bigger or faster or able to fly—but soon learns to be happy with herself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Sep 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781480893467

Chad Tracy

Chad Tracy and India Houston are a father-and-daughter writing and illustrating team. Chad holds a master’s degree in jazz guitar from the Philadelphia University of the Arts. He currently teaches guitar and piano and enjoys writing music and performing in his hometown of Austin, Texas. India attends McCallum High School in Austin. Chad and India enjoy collaborating on story ideas, and India creates fun, colorful illustrations that bring these stories to life. A Fish Made a Wish is their first book.

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