![]() Front cover, designed by Dr. Seuss | |
Author | Dr. Seuss |
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Illustrator | Dr. Seuss |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's literature |
Publisher | Random House, The Living Books Company (1998) |
Publication date | March 12, 1960 [1] |
Publication place | United States |
OCLC | 184473 |
Preceded by | Happy Birthday to You! |
Followed by | Green Eggs and Ham |
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (stylized as One fish two fish red fish blue fish) is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss. As of 2001, over six million copies of the book had been sold, placing it 13th on a list of "All-Time Bestselling Children's Books" from Publishers Weekly . [2] Based on a 2007 online poll, the United States' National Education Association labor union listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". [3]
It is a simple rhyming book for beginning readers, with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl named Jay and Kay and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. Interspersed are some surreal and unrelated skits, such as a man named Ned whose feet stick out from his bed, a creature who has a bird in his ear, and one man named Joe who cannot hear the other man's call because of a mouse cutting the line.
Rik Mayall narrated this story as part of a HarperCollins audiobook that also includes The Lorax , Dr. Seuss's ABC and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! .
In the animated adaptation of Green Eggs and Ham , the titular fish are featured in the beginning of the episode "Train". When Sam, Guy and the Chickeraffe make their escape from a car barreling down a cliff, it lands in a lake where it promptly crushes a house belonging to a family of fish. Later in the episode as the mother checks on her own children, she specifically lists them off as "one fish, two fish, red fish and blue fish".
A preschool animated series based on One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is in development for Netflix. [4] It is a 2D flash-animated series. An episode of the series was previewed as part of Netflix's Summer Playlist in June 2025. [5] The series will be released on September 8, 2025. [6] [7]
In the 2022 horror film adaptation The Mean One , based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the red fish and blue fish made an appearance in a fishbowl at the hospital.
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | |
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Entrance of the One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish ride at Islands of Adventure. | |
Universal Islands of Adventure | |
Area | Seuss Landing |
Soft opening date | March 1999 |
Opening date | May 28, 1999 |
Ride statistics | |
Attraction type | Water Ride |
Theme | One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish |
Vehicle type | Fish |
Duration | 3 min |
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The book was the basis of a theme park attraction located at Universal Islands of Adventure in the Seuss Landing area of the park, called "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish".