Beautiful water colors lend tranquillity to this fantasy of a young boy's fly-fishing trip. When Mark hooks a beautiful fish, he realizes he must kill it. So instead, he decides to release it carefully back into the stream.

A sick child recieves a box of fishing lures from his uncle. He's only been fishing once and didn't catch anything. His neighborhood turn into a river and he meets up with his uncle and goes fishing. He catches a fish and wants to kill it to show his parents but decides to let it go when his uncle tells him he has to kill it himself. He goes back to his room and goes to sleep.
The theme of this book is about respecting life and not hurting others for selfish reasons. I think that the setting in a dream river make A River Dream less preachy than if it were set on an actually fishing trip. ( )

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Nice story about a boy who dreams of a fishing trip with his uncle, where he catches a rainbow trout, but puts it back in the river. If I were more into fishing, I'd probably give this 4 or 5 stars. The pictures are really nice. ( )