The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
AuthorNeil Gaiman
IllustratorDave McKean
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's
PublisherWhite Wolf Publishing, Harper Children's
Publication date
1997
Media typeHardcover
Pages40
ISBN1-56504-199-2

The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish is a book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, first published in 1997 by White Wolf Publishing. It was republished in 2004 by Harper Children's with a new cover and afterword. The story is a retelling of the old tale of an object that gets swapped from person to person, until the original owner needs it back—and then has to swap possessions back again, step by step, to retrieve it.[1]

It is also available in Hebrew, Spanish,[2][3] French,[4] Italian,[5] Croatian,[6] and Portuguese.[7]

McKean adapted the cover artwork from The Day I Swapped My Dad for the 1999 Counting Crows album This Desert Life.

The book was adapted by Oliver Emmanuel and Lu Kemp for a touring interactive promenade production for the National Theatre of Scotland in 2013.[8]

Reception

The book was well received, with positive reviews.[9][10][11] It won awards for the Newsweek Best Children's Book (2003)[12] and the British Science Fiction Association award for Short Fiction (1997).[13]

References

  1. ^ "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish". Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. ^ The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Gaiman, Neil (2005). El dia que cambie a mi padre por dos peces de colores. Norma Editorial. ISBN 1-59497-076-9.
  4. ^ Gaiman, Neil; McKean, Dave (2000). Le jour où j'ai échangé mon père contre deux poissons rouges. Delcourt. ISBN 2-84055-557-3.
  5. ^ Gaiman, Neil (2004). Il giorno che scambiai mio padre per due pesci rossi. Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-53501-6.
  6. ^ Gaiman, Neil (2004). Dan kad sam trampio tatu za dve zlatne ribice. Odiseja. ISBN 86-7720-004-5.
  7. ^ O dia em que troquei o meu pai por dois peixes vermelhos. ISBN 972-8658-30-3.
  8. ^ Brennan, Mary (April 25, 2013). "Lu Kemp on the National Theatre of Scotland's new children's show, The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish". The Scotsman. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  9. ^ "Neil Gaiman, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish". Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, by Neil Gaiman and Dean McKean". Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  11. ^ "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish". Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  12. ^ "Neil Gaiman's Summer Reading List". Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  13. ^ "The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish". Retrieved January 6, 2012.

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