Don't Trust Fish!

Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat(Illustrator)

A multi-award-winning laugh-out-loud picture book all about fish and how we absolutely must not trust them, illustrated by New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Medal-winning Dan Santat.

Have you ever noticed that fish spend all of their time under water? What are they plotting down there? And did you know that a group of fish is called a ‘school’? Exactly what are they learning in these ‘schools’? We must find answers. But one thing’s for sure. Whatever you do: Don’t. Trust. Fish.

WINNER KPMG Children's Book Ireland Book of the Year Award
WINNER Peters Children's Book of the Year Award
WINNER GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Kids’ Book Award
SHORTLISTED for the An Post Irish Book Awards
SHORTLISTED for the BLACKWELL'S Children's Book of the Year
SHORTLISTED for The Week Junior Book Awards
SHORTLISTED UKLA Award
A WATERSTONES Best Book of 2025
A SLATE MAGAZINE 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years

Reviews

"Wonderfully funny... a quirky gem, highly recommended"
Irish Independent

"So good... with a cracking little twist!"
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Children's Laureate - The Island of Brilliant Podcast

"Deliciously deadpan and absolutely hilarious"
Waterstones

"Laugh out loud volume about fish and how we absolutely must not trust them"
The Bookseller, Buyer's Guide

"As well as being a genuinely funny book, it is, like many picture books, really very sophisticated indeed."
Booktrust