Fish for Supper

Fish for Supperis M.B. Goffsteins Caldecott Honor story of a grandmother and her regular routine in summer: waking at five oclock in the morning to make the most of a day on the lake, with cans of worms and minnows, some fruit for lunch, bobbers, lines, hooks, and sinkers. Delightfully and wittily, Goffstein departs from the usual fishermans tale to give us a day in the life of this no-nonsense, patient fisherwoman who catches sunfish, crapper, perch, and sometimes a big northern pike, who capably cleans her catch, and who can bake to boot. She relishes every bite of her well-earned supper, and the pleasure she takes in her self-sufficiency and graceful work becomes the readers as well. Based on Goffsteins own childhood summers at her grandparents house on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota,Fish for Suppertransforms her indelible memories into a story that is as honed and gratifying as its heroines days.