“The Fish Who Could Wish”, written by John Bush, is a unique children’s book. That’s because unlike most other children’s books, it doesn’t have a very happy ending. You see, the story starts with a lucky fish who can make wishes, and his wishes will be granted. He wishes for all sorts of silly things. One day however, he wishes to be like the other fish, but the other fish can’t make wishes come true, and so that was his very last wish. I think the theme of the story is equality. I think this because the fish who could wish wishes was born with this amazing gift, but unlike some others, he as ignorant and wasn’t careful for what he wished for. It’s like the world has a way of making lives as equal s possible. Someone will have one thing while someone else will have another. Obviously, this book was trying to teach us to be careful about what we wish for, but it also taught us that we should be grateful for what we have already. If the fish was grateful for all he already had, he would have never gotten carried away enough to wish to be like the other fish. Overall, I liked this book. It didn’t have as deep of a message as some of the other books we’ve read, but it was simple, and that’s in my opinion what made it read-worthy.