Hide Fish Hide!: Sea Creature Camouflage

by Derick Wilder, Monika Filipina (Illustrator)

Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication July 15, 2026

About the author

Derick Wilder is the author of The Longest Letsgoboy and the founder of Reading Giraffe, a literacy initiative with the goal of creating lifelong readers by making books come alive. He has been writing for as long as he can remember, and endless hours in the children's section of the library with his daughter sparked his love for picture books. He lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Reviews

[Melanie Dulaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Terrific non-fiction picture book featuring a variety of ways sea creatures use camouflage to avoid being eaten by a great white shark. Full page illustrations demonstrate the effective adaptations used by octopus, puffer fish, leafy sea dragons and more Lilting rhyme and some repetition describe how each escapes and the text moves along with rhythm that almost works with every line but adults reading to children will have to work at it in a few places. Back matter further elaborating on the types of camouflage extends the age range from only preschool to grade 1 so that even grades 2 and 3 will benefit from this title. (And maybe even other adults will, like me, learn that the mimic octopus actually changes its body shape to look like a sea snake or lionfish!) Monika Filipina’s beautiful illustrations are done using gouache colored pencils and collage.

Highly recommended for libraries serving PK-grade 2.

Thanks for the eARC, Edelweiss and Sleeping Bear Press.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a cute little rhyming story and I love the illustrations. Very engaging and includes a lot of interesting facts about the different mechanisms fish use to hide and camouflage themselves from predators and attacks.

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book from Edelweiss/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

Such a sweet book full of fish and camouflage! Review to come July closer to the release day.