Tiddler

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"Tiddler" is a British term that can refer to a small fish, such as a stickleback or minnow, or informally to a small person or thing.1

The book Tiddler is a children's story by Julia Donaldson, with illustrations by Axel Scheffler. It tells the tale of a little fish with a big imagination. Julia Donaldson is a renowned English author, known for her lyrical rhyming stories in picture books, and has written over 200 books. Axel Scheffler is a German illustrator with whom Donaldson has had a significant creative partnership, beginning with their book A Squash and a Squeeze.2

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Books
…and ends up saving it; Tiddler (2007), about a little fish with a big imagination; Stick Man (2008), where a father stick lost far from home undertakes a near-epic journey to find his way back to his family tree; Tabby McTat (2009), about a busker’s cat; and Zog (2010), in…
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…and ends up saving it; Tiddler (2007), about a little fish with a big imagination; Stick Man (2008), where a father stick lost far from home undertakes a near-epic journey to find his way back to his family tree; Tabby McTat (2009), about a busker’s cat; and Zog (2010), in…
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