The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (1992, Hardcover, Translation)

This is a gorgeous book with a great story. The illustrations are so wonderful to look at and makes you fall in love with the fish! You can teach children about texture also because of the sparkly aspects of the Rainbow fish...great purchase!

i got this book very quickly, and beyond that - it came in perfect condition. a great purchase. i could not find myself more pleased.

Exactly what I wanted and was expecting. I had to be careful that I was buying the hardcover version in English, but otherwise it was perfect. Shipped quickly, mint condition.

The art can't be beat as far as beauty in the shimmer, kids love it. I do have a problem with the overall message. I realize a theme is that is is good to share, but I don't like the underlying message that we should all look/be the same.

It teaches kids a good lesson about sharing. Great for preschool/kindergarten! The sparkly pictures are also fascinating to young children.

I loved this book as a child, just not in the best condition, but still a great story to read to my baby, he loved the pictures

My daughter who is in kindergarten goes down to the school library every Thursday to check out a book. She came home with this one and absolutely loved it. I had to read it to her every night that week until she returned it. She was so upset that she had to take this book back. So I promised her that I would try to find it to purchase it. I found an excellent price for a brand new copy on Ebay. I purchased it and put it in storage until this week when we gave it to her for a birthday present. She was so excited. Definitely would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good childrens book that has a real message in it.

The Rainbow Fish series of books are wonderful reading to share with your child. Each book teaches your child a life lesson in a way they can understand. I would recommend any of Marcus Pfister book.

I love this books.....well, a lot of childrens' books, and wanted this one for 2-year old grandson to read. Ann

new grand daughter coming soon, this is an excellent story to read to children, great illustrations, grat price!!! i would have bought this book for more money, so i am thrilled with the deal i feel i got

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I haven't even received it yet and I am not happy. This always happens with Half.com and I'd just asoon order off Ebay than wait a month for a child's book on this site. Crazy!

I love the story. This is a story you can share with a toddler, child, young adult about sharing and love. The book has many beautiful pictures. Wonderful book and would recommend to mothers, fathers and grandparents to purchase for a gift.

My granddaughter had the book on her reading list for the summer. She will going to Kindergarden this September and I wanted her to have the book to read and enjoy. She looked the book and the beautiful color pictures. Her father reads it to her and her baby brother before they go to bed.

I have always loved this story, so of course when I had my first child I knew I would have to get it for her. Me and my daughter, Lilly, read this every night before she goes to bed. From the day it came, she couldn't put it out of her sight. Her eyes light up with the colors and the beauty of each page. And she keeps talking about the "wise old octopus"...in whatever language she has at this time! LOL....Highly recommended to have in your children's library. You wont' be disappointed.

This book was a favorite of my daughters who loved it in the first grade. It was one of her favorites. She is expecting our first grandbaby in August. I knew this would be a wonderful gift for her to share with little Wyatt when he arrives.

I have this book as plush already but they didn't put a whole story in it.
so I always wanted get real book and finaly got it. My son is only 15 month old but he loves this book too. This is very important story for the little ones. How much it is hard to open your mind and give to another one, but if you do something special will comes around you inside and out.
I will read this book over and over again for my son, because he is so special.
If your kids so special to you, you should get this one and read them, they will be such a wonderful kids.

My daughter was given this book for reading a book a day for one month. My wife read it to my son and daughter the next night. She told me it was a great tale of sharing. A few weeks later my kids asked me if I would read it to them and of course I did. After reading it I told my wife I did not want her to read it to them anymore and I would like it if she just got rid of the book. The reason I do not like this book is that it teaches kids that if you are different and are not willing to conform to the group no one will like you. It also teaches kids that if no one likes you and you want friends just give them something so they will like you. After reading this book I asked my son what he would do if the kids on the playground would not play with him and he thought about it for a second and he said I would give them some of my toys so they would like me. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! I wish I could turn back time and make it so that he had never heard this book. One good thing that has come from this book is that now I always read any new book that the kids get before I read it to them. Avoid this book at all costs it will damage your kids.

Rainbow Fish was one of my daughter's favorites. The grandkids like fish too so it will fascinate another generation. I can't wait to read it to them.

This is one of my favorite books to read to my kids. The pictures are beautiful and the "foil" rainbow scale of the lead character catches the eye of even the youngest reader. It tells the scale of a beautiful fish who eventually learns that beauty isn't everything in life. A good story with a moral to be learned.

This book has beautiful undersea watercolor illustrations and the main character, a male rainbow fish, sports sparkling metallic scales. The book is suitable for children from pre-kindergarten to second grade. It has not won any awards. Despite the beautiful pictures, the story falls short of being in the high quality classification mainly because of the mixed messages it is sending. Rainbow Fish is the most beautiful fish in the ocean. He is also vain and superficial. Other fish ask him to play, but he is too caught up in his own beauty to join them. A small blue fish asks him for one of his shimmering scales, and the Rainbow Fish refuses. The blue fish goes to all his friends and tells them that Rainbow Fish would not give him a scale. From that point on, all the other fish will not associate with Rainbow Fish. Eventually, Rainbow Fish becomes very lonely and he gives the blue fish one of his shinny scales. It makes him happy to give. He ends up giving all of his special scales away, except for one. All the other fish like him then and he is happy. The story stresses sharing, which is an important concept. But, younger children might confuse sharing with bribing others to like you by giving them choice belongings. If reading this story to children, it would be important to stress that the real reason the other fish did not like Rainbow Fish was because he was arrogant and vain. You could use this book in the curriculum to discuss sharing or when doing a unit on the sea. A fun project could be developed where students have cut out fish, with scales, available to watercolor after reading the story. Students could experiment with mixing primary colors to create new colors for their fish scales.