The Rainbow Fish

The Rainbow Fish: Pfister, Marcus, Pfister, Marcus, James, J Alison: 0038332606140: Books - Amazon

Title: The Rainbow Fish


Author: Marcus Pfister


Published by Simon & Schuster (1992)

 

A beautiful fish lived in the deep blue sea. The other fish called him “Rainbow Fish” because of his blue, green, purple, and sparkling silver scales. The other fish wanted his scales. From being the most popular fish in the sea, he became the loneliest. A starfish guides him to find the wise octopus. The octopus tells him to be happy, he needs to give away his glittering scale. But will this lead him to happiness?

 

This book is a classic picture book.  The illustrations are so bright and vivid. I love how the silver scales are holographic. But the story line … I don’t like.

 

The rainbow fish is introduced and shown what he looks like. He seems to think he is better than the other fish, just because he is more colorful and shinier. He lives a life of where he wants the other fish to stop and admire and praise him, in my opinion. It throws me off when the octopus tells him in order to be happy, he needs to give off literal parts of his body. While this is a children’s book, and they don’t necessarily understand the concept of big topics concerning the body and mental health. It is portrayed in this book that you need to give someone a best part of you so you can finally be happy. When in reality, you can’t give someone your beautiful eyes or hair, because all of those traits make you who you are.

 

I rate this book a three out of five. I give it a three for the beautiful illustrations, but the storyline could’ve been told a lot better. 

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