It isn’t known whether or not Theodor Seuss Geisel was thinking of the ichthyological diversity to be found in the Pacific Northwest’s Salish Sea when declaring “Say, what a lot of fish there are” in the opening of his now classic book “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish,” but it would be entirely understandable if he had been.
Every so often, a new book comes along that when first seen causes me simply to stop and stare at it in awe with mouth agape. But never before has the mere picture of such a book caused me to do so – until today.