The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is a wonderful book about a beautiful fish and happiness! I love that some of the scales on the fish are done with silvery shiny paper. It makes me want to read the book over and over again. This story presents the importance of sharing. The story also shows us that material possessions and appearance do not make us happy. When the beautiful fish refuses to give one of his scales to a friend no one wants to be around him. He is very lonely and is unsure of what to do, he couldn’t understand why no one wanted to be his friend when he was so beautiful. After talking with a wise octopus he decides to share his scales to find happiness. The fish truly is happy after sharing with the other fish in the ocean. This book shows us that material possessions and appearance cannot make us happy. Other things in life like friendship create happiness! I thought this was a great book and that kids would love it especially because of the silvery scales on the pages.
Hey Kristi! This is one of my favorite books! I am totally going to blog about it:) I really like the illustrations and the scales and all the colors as well. I agree that it sends a great message and should really be if not in elementary classes.
ReplyDeleteKristi, I remember reading this book over and over again when I was in elementary school. I loved the scales on the pages also. I can't remember reading a cooler book than this one! I thought that the scales felt like real fish. Great book to blog about!
ReplyDeleteI always loved this book! I totally forgot about it. This is a book I want to make sure I have in my classroom because your right, not only is the story a good one but the shiny pictures are really fun to look at!
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