Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!

Beautifully illustrated book. The author is able to show the effects of right and wrong and friendship in a few short pages. A new striped fish wants to play with rainbow fish and his friends but the others say no. This makes Rainbow Fish sad as he remembers not having friends. When a shark comes around and all the fish hide, Rainbow Fish bravely goes to find the stripe fish and invites him to hide with them and play. Great book to show choosing right from wrong and including others who don't look like you.

I picked this book because I really enjoyed Rainbow Fish when I was younger so I wanted to read one of the sequels to Rainbow Fish. I had mixed feelings about this book because I was a little unsure on how they could make another book about Rainbow Fish but I really enjoyed reading it. I thought the illustrations were fantastic. I also really enjoyed the writing in this book. I really felt like I was watching the entire plot unfold. The plot was also extremely good because you weren't sure if the little striped fish was going to get away from the shark. I really wanted to keep reading to find out what happened next. I think the big idea of this book is friendship. In the beginning, Rainbow Fish's friends didn't let the little striped show more fish play with them because he didn't have a special scale like they did. Rainbow Fish didn't agree with his friends but he didn't want to lose his friends so he agreed with them. Then at the end of the book, Rainbow Fish realizes that it wasn't nice to not let the little striped fish play and goes to save him from the shark. show less

I enjoyed reading Rainbow fish to the rescue for many reasons. First, the story pushes young readers to make appropriate decisions regarding friends and judgments. Rainbow fish realizes he will be judged either way whether he helps the little striped fish or not. His decision to help save and include the little striped fish teaches a lesson of acceptance, and friendship. Also, the colorful and vibrant illustrations enhance the story making it a fun and beautiful experience. The attractive illustration style also fits the written text making it helpful to comprehend and follow along with the story.

Character: Rainbow fish-conflicted between the "cool" thing to do and the right thing to do.
Striped fish-left out, lonely, sad because he is lacking a shiny fin.
Plot Summary: Rainbow fish is playing games with all the other fish who all have one shiny fin. A striped fish that does not have a shiny fin comes along and asks to play with the other fish. All of Rainbow's fish friends refused to include him because he does not have what they do, a shiny fin. When danger comes into the picture, Rainbow fish is torn between loosing the approval of his friends or saving the striped fish from the shark.
Personal Evaluation: I love this book!! It is great for children! It is entertaining but also teaching a good moral lesson. It shows children show more how it feels to get left out of the group and the importance of standing up for what is right! I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone! show less

I liked this book for many reasons. First, the illustration were eye-grabbing, and included textured pictured to enhance the story. For example, the shiny scale on the fish were a shiny piece of paper. This allows for the readers to better visual the shiny part on the fish. Second, the message of the story was important for all young readers. The message was to include everyone. The rainbow fish was following the crowd and ignoring the fish without the shiny scale. I liked the message because it is important for younger readers to hear it and see an example. Third, also the language is patterned to help readers. For example, the author says, "They swam together. They played together. They ate together.' The patterned language will help show more readers when learning how to read, and also allows readers to hear a pattern during a read aloud. show less

I really liked this book because I liked the big message that the author wanted its readers to walk away with. I think that the big message is to not reject another person (in this case, fish) based on their appearances. The Rainbow fish had rejected the little striped fish because he did not a have a flashing scale. The message I understand was to accept others despite their differences and help them when they are in need. I had mixed feelings about the illustrations. On one hand, I like them because they have a sparkly scale, however; I felt like they were almost the same in each picture. If I hadn’t read the written text, it would have been a little challenging to understand what emotions were being displayed by the fish. I do like show more the descriptive language that the author uses while telling the story. For example, the author describes the fish as having “jagged fins.” Despite some mixed feelings with the illustrations, I really enjoyed this book. show less

This is another story about Rainbow Fish, but this time it also includes his new friends that he shared the scales with. They have created their own clicque, they all have one pretty scale and they only talk to the fish that have pretty colorful scales. One day a fish that is plain tries to talk to them and they all ignore him, but true characteristics will come out when there is a shark attack!

This story helps again with friendships and everyday relationships with others.