Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!

by Marcus Pfister

Book Overview

For the youngest readers, the board book edition of the second book in the New York Times bestselling Rainbow Fish series. Rainbow Fish is torn between his newfound friends and a lonely striped fish... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 0735819521
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush

Customer Reviews

Rainbow Fish tot the Rescue ~ Marcus Pfister

This is a great book no teaching children how to except others. When all the fish with a sparklie fins are playing a game. They do not let a little fish without a sparklie fin play. Rainbow Fis wants to invite him to play yet doesn't know what his friends will think of him. He is afraid to stand up to his knew friends. Instead of standing up for what he believes. He follows his friends and does whatever they do. Later on in this book Rainbow Fish saves the day. My favorite character is Rainbow Fish. He realizes how the little fish feels, yet in the end he learns how to make the little fish happy. This is a great book on teaching kids to except everyone. Everyone is different in their own ways. WE just have to learn to except that we are all not the same. I liek this book, it is one of my favorite childrens books. These books have great characters, and can relate to life very well.

Rainbow Fish to the Rescue

Rainbow Fish to the Rescue, Marcus Pfister's second addition to Rainbow Fish, is a short and sweet story about Rainbow Fish, and his now sparkling scaled friends feel they're too good for fish without sparkling scales. In the last story Rainbow Fish felt he was too good for the fish without the shiny scales. He showed them off to the point where the other fish ignored him and thought he was snooty. He gets advice and decided to share his scales with the other fish. In this 2nd addition the schools of fish with the shiny scales are playing and a small yellow fish asks to play. Since his scales are dull, they say no. All of the sudden a shark comes looking for food and the small yellow fish is out in the open all alone. Rainbow Fish knows what he must do! It's a good lesson for younger children to learn from. About sharing, accepting, and so on. I would definitely recommend it to parents looking for good children stories.

Pfister Offers Engaging Texts and Fine Artwork

I appreciate Pfister's ability to write stories that challenge my 2 1/2 year old's comprehension of story structure and vocabulary while sticking to themes and plots that she can understand and enjoy. This book might appeal to readers who want the Rainbow Fish's luscious illustrations and foil highlights, but disagree with the supposedly "conformist" or "socialist" thrust of the original. This book offers a message of inclusion with which most parents would agree. I like Rainbow Fish here and in the other titles.(Of course, it's a little unrealistic that a shark would be scared away by a few little fish darting around its snout, but hey, this isn't natural history, it's a fable!)It's a big hit with my child- I didn't give it 5 stars because as an adult, it seems a little bit cliche. But I'm sure she would give it a top rating!

El Pez Arco Iris Y La Ballena Azul

This book was very good and helped me to keep my spanish intact. I sometimes had troubles trying to understand what happened but I caught on. Este libro es muy bueno y es excelente por los ninos! El libro es muy comico y los picturas es muy bien!

A colorful and meaningful book about helping others

How refreshing to find an artistically interesting book for children that is also accompanied by some valuable meaning! If you are going to spend money on books, they should not only be entertaining but might as well accomplish something at the same time. I appreciate the opportunity to use this medium to teach my children to care for the interests of others and to see life from others' perspective.