I am a huge Marcus Pfister fan and have read all of the Rainbow Fish books. I think that his illustrations are magical and that his books are throught provoking for young children. In Rainbow Fish, Pfister intertwines themes of social responsibility such as sharing and inclusion. the reader is left with a great sense of empathy for the fish who wasn't included. ( )

The Rainbow Fish. This book is about the most beautiful fish in the ocean. The other fish called him rainbow fish because of his unique colors. Later he thought her was better then the other fish that all the other fish didn’t want to hang around him. So he swam around the ocean asking for advice on how to get the other fish to play with him. In the end the fish learned a very valuable lesson on how to treat other people.

I read this story to a class of four year olds. I chose this class because a lot of them are going to school and they might have a hard time learning to be nice to new kids that comes to the class. But when I finish the book I felt as if some of them was nicer to their fellow class mates but of course tomorrow was another day and all went back to the way it was. But I tried to remind them of what happen to the fish when he was mean to the other fish.

The activity I used with this book was the sharing game. I let everyone pick out a toy from our center and had them sit in a circle. And the idea was to find someone in the circle to give you toy to and allow them to play with it for a while. Then you would get your toy back. I have a few students like this activity and a few who didn’t. My next activity later that week was for us to sit in a circle and take turns saying something nice to the person sitting on both sides of us. This became very entertaining when we got to some of the more not so nice kids. It was a well learned activity for me and the children. ( )

1.Rainbow Fishは、キラキラしたうろこをほしがる魚を近づけず、一人ぼっち。タコのアドバイスで仲間にうろこをあげ、残ったのは1枚のうろことたくさんの幸せ。
キラキラ光る表紙の惹かれこの本を手にしました。キラキラしたうろこをもらった魚が集まった海は、幸せに満ち、輝いていたでしょう。

2.And the more he gave away, the more delighted he became.

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The Rainbow Fish is the most beautiful fish in the ocean, but he has no friends because he is selfish. Until he learns to share! It's a pretty simplistic message, but for preschool/early elementary it's just right about their comprehension level. The illustrations are really appealing for this age range as well. I like to use this early in the year as we are talking about friendship, what friendship means, and how we can be nice to our new friends in the classroom. ( )

The pretty rainbow fish is the most beautiful fish in the sea and would not give any of her pretty scales away. She had no friends and was sad. In the end she gives her scales to many fish and now they all are pretty and all are friends.

Kids will see that it is nice to share and it is fun to share. Also the pictures are shinny and fun to look at. You might read this before you go to the play ground or before you have a group activity at any time of the year. I would recommend this to all elementary teachers. This is a great book because it shows kids how to share I feel like. ( )