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The Rainbow Fish: Mini Book

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The Rainbow Fish: Mini Book by Marcus Pfister

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By Marcus Pfister

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02 Sep 2026

The Rainbow Fish is a good book for children because it teaches important lessons about friendship, sharing, and kindness. The story shows that having lots of beautiful things does not always make you happy. Rainbow Fish learns that sharing with others can help him make friends and feel happier. It teaches children to be kind, caring, and generous, and that true happiness can come from having good friendships.

20 Aug 2026

I enjoyed The Rainbow Fish because it has beautiful illustrations and a meaningful message about friendship, sharing and kindness. I especially enjoyed it because I remember using this story when I was working at The Garden School, which made me think about how effective simple stories can be when helping children understand emotions, relationships and sharing. I would recommend it to young readers in nursery and primary school, particularly children who enjoy colourful illustrations and stories with a clear message. There are no major content warnings.

20 Aug 2026

It's about the most beautiful fish in the ocean, with shimmering, shiny rainbow scales! At first he is too proud to share any scales with the other fish, so they stay away and he feels lonely. He visits a wise octopus who tells him sharing will make him happy. So he gives away his beautiful scales one by one to his friends. He learns that sharing brings joy, friendship and true happiness. I loved the sparkling pictures and the bright colours. It made me feel happy too and taught me that sharing is the best thing of all!

01 Aug 2026

The Rainbow Fish is a classic children's book that I have often seen in the reading corners of the classrooms where I completed my placements. It was also one of my favourite books to read when I was a young child. The story explores the importance of sharing and introduces this value to children from an early age, helping to promote positive social skills and interactions with others. I believe many young children are drawn to this book because of the colourful illustrations and the textured fish scales, which immediately capture their attention. In a way, this reflects how children may feel when they see a toy or piece of equipment they really want to play with and want to keep for themselves instead of sharing. This book may be beneficial for young children of all ages, but I believe that it may be even more significant for children in the early years. I do not think this book contains any content that would be concerning for young readers.

05 Jul 2026

I loved all the colours

30 Jun 2026

The beautiful rainbow fish shared his glittering scales to others.. but the story just ended just like that.. I wanted more.. was he happy after sharing the scales? Did his friends stayed with him or left him?

30 Jun 2026

The beautiful rainbow fish shared his glittering scales to others.. but the story just ended just like that.. I wanted more.. was he happy after sharing the scales? Did his friends stayed with him or left him?

28 Jun 2026

I liked it when rainbow gave some of his sparkly scales to every fish that he knows.

07 Jun 2026

I enjoyed reading The Rainbow Fish. It is a fiction story about a fish with shiny scales who learns to share with others. My favourite character was the Rainbow Fish because he learned to be kind and generous. I liked this book because it teaches an important lesson about friendship and sharing. I would recommend it to other children because it has bright pictures and a strong message. I would also give this 5 stars.

15 Jan 2026

It’s amazing story , telling how to make good friends and care for them .I enjoyed a lot .

24 Dec 2025

Enjoyed following the rainbow fish and her choices to be kind.

27 Aug 2025

It was great!

17 Aug 2025

It was good

17 Aug 2025

It was good

09 Aug 2025

Rainbow fish is my favourite

01 Aug 2025

It was good but it was abit tricky to read some of the words

29 Jul 2025

he was beautiful

25 Jul 2025

I like the shimmery rainbow fish

20 Jul 2025

I am happy that the rainbow fish shared his shiny scales

19 Jul 2025

Very colourful

09 Jul 2025

Beautiful to read and look at

17 Jan 2025

The Rainbow fish as a character I do not like. She is selfish.

23 Aug 2024

This book is good

14 Aug 2024

I liked this book. It was all about sharing!

12 Aug 2024

Pretty pictures

05 Aug 2024

easy which is good

24 Jul 2024

I enjoyed this book and loved all the colours on the fish

09 Dec 2023

The book was amazing and my favourite part was when the rainbow fish had stopped being greedy and shared her scales

01 Nov 2023

I love when the fish shares with his friends.

14 Sep 2023

I had to read this for a topic at school, and I found it quite boring.

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