A tiny little fish steals a hat from a big sleeping fish. The little fish keeps swimming, thinking the big fish will not wake up for a long time and notice his hat has been stolen. After the big fish wakes up he notices his hat has been stolen. Little fish is not too worried that he will be caught by big fish, as he carelessly swims through the water. Big fish floats through the water wondering who took his little hat. However, unfortunately for little fish, he tells an honest crab he has taken big fish’s hat. Little fish swims into a thick patch of big, tall plants. Crab points big fish in the direction little fish is hiding. Big fish swims through the plants and back out with his hat. Through the use of the illustrations in the book, in a well thought out way, the literary element of inference is exemplified. At the end of the book, the reader is never told that big fish eats the little fish. However, when big fish comes out of the tall plants, and little fish is nowhere to be found on the page, the reader can infer he was eaten up by big fish. The theme of the story is to never steal, because you will be caught, and not to trust everyone like little fish trusted crab. The illustrations are constructed through the use of watercolors, which are made to look like stamps. I would recommend this book to any English/ Language Arts teacher that is teaching the literary element of inference.
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