''The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish'' is a book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, first published in 1997 by

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. 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! It is also available in

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, French,

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. McKean adapted the cover artwork from ''The Day I Swapped My Dad'' for the 1999

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album '' This Desert Life''. The book was adapted by Oliver Emmanuel and

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for a touring interactive promenade production for the

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in 2013.

Reception

The book was well received, with positive reviews. It won awards for the

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Best Children’s Book (2003) and the

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award for Short Fiction (1997).

References

External links

LibraryThing page

Harper Collins book information page
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