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When Chuck Swanson first asked Tess Weaver and Jennifer Black Reinhardt to make a children s book inspired by the 30 granite fish now resting on the Hancher Auditorium s lawn, there was some trepidation.
“I just remembered walking (outside Hancher) wondering what to do, Weaver said. I kept having the strangest image of a trunk being pushed onto a riverbank and then falling back into.”
From there, the ideas began to flow and in a fraction of the time typically taken to write, print and publish a children s book Fishtastic! came to fruition. Fishtastic! A Tale of Magic and Friendship is a new book written by Weaver and illustrated by Reinhardt, both Iowa City-based creators.