My Book of Ten Fishes

Cover art

(starfish)
by
Rosalie G. Mendel
Author of Spark Series, My Book of Ten Fishes, etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY HAZEL FRAZEE
Whitman Publishing Co. Racine, Wisconsin.
Copyright 1916 WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Do you know why I am called a Star Fish? It is because I am shaped like a star. I am the star of the sea.
My five large, thick arms point in different directions. On the end of each one is a red spot. Those are my eyes. My body is covered with little spine-like prickles. On the under side of my body, near the center, is my mouth.