The Rainbow Fish | Marcus Pfister

The Rainbow Fish | Marcus Pfister | Classic

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The Rainbow Fish

	The Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister North-South Books, 1992 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 200 reviews view larger image
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Rainbow-colored foil stamping glitters on every page of this unique book about a beautiful fish who learns to make friends by sharing his most prized possessions-his shimmering scales.

Sharing is Caring!

I read this book when I was a kid and i still love it. It's all about how you shouldn't be proud and that sharing is caring (not to be cliche). SOme people think it's about socialism or that everyone should be the same. But it is just showing kids that being full of yourself is an undesirable trait.

Classic

This book is a classic! I remember having it read to me when I was an elementary school brat, and now it's great to read all over again. It's a great story with a great message and plenty of fun characters plus some gorgeous artwork.

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We love it

This is the original Rainbow Fish story which is a simple moral tale designed for very young children. The Rainbow Fish is beautiful, but arrogant and selfish. He has to learn that superficial qualities such as beauty and wealth cannot be valued over friendship and happiness.

It is at best an oversimplification to say this is a book about sharing, and I cannot agree at all with the reviewers who claim it is about being forced to give up one's unique identity in order to fit in with the crowd. To me that is yet another case of people impressing adult attitudes and ideals on to a children's book and I'm sad to see so many people seem to have missed the point, which is not that the Rainbow Fish gives away his shining scales, but that he learns humility. This is a charming and classic children's book from my home continent and I'm proud to have it on my daughter's bookshelf.

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Wonderful Classic!

This book is one of my favorites to read to my preschoolers...it has lessons in it that are universal...how to get along...how to share...how to be a good friend...just to name a few. Highly recommended!!!!

Forget those negative reviews! This is a nice book about sharing!

This book has a nice message, and I am looking for further Rainbow Fish books. I was shocked to see the negative reviews so prominently displayed on Amazon. To those who think the Rainbow Fish is "giving away his identity, or that part of himself that is unique" you are missing the fact that this is a PARABLE, not to be taken literally. Obviously a fish cannot really take off and share scales. Folks, the story is a METAPHOR for sharing your desirable possessions with others. It is not suggesting that your child should rip out her pretty blue eyes and give them away. But guess what? Being pretty does NOT qualify you as a special and unique individual -- and that's exactly what this book teaches! Don't you all know that it's "what's inside that counts?"

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