I love the fun details you can find when you look deeply at the illustrations.

This is a book about how a little girl received a gold fish for her birthday, but she chooses to throw it in the ocean instead because it's boring. Two of her friends go chasing after the fish, and she spends her birthday alone.

This book is about this little girl named Little Amy Scot who at her birthday party openly declares that goldfish are boring after receiving one from her friend and tosses it into the ocean. It follows two friends, Sadie and Sherman who go to rescue Ellsworth (the goldfish that got thrown into the sea). They borrow a boat, get supplies, and set out on their adventure to rescue the fish. In the end, Little Amy Scott spends her birthday alone.

Sadie and Sherman set out to save the goldfish Ellsworth, who was a birthday present for Little Amy Scott. She ungratefully threw him in his plastic bag into the sea. Sadie creates an elaborate rescue plan. Ellsworth ends up with a happy life in the town fountain, surrounded by friends, and Little Amy Scott ends up alone. ( )

rescuing a goldfish, and finding him a new home ( )