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Word: stickleback (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...husband's pouch for safekeeping, Mr. Seahorse drifts through a series of dazzling scenes. Clear plastic overlays bearing paintings of reeds, a coral reef, seaweed and a rock can be lifted away and--ta-da!--riotously colorful fish emerge. Mr. Seahorse meets other fish tending their eggs--a stickleback, a tilapia, a Kurtus nurseryfish, a pipe and a bullhead catfish. What they all have in common is that they are males, and Mr. Seahorse offers each a comradely word of praise for the job he is doing. By the end, two things have been delivered: Mr. Seahorse's spawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gift Bag of Children's Books | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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