Sharing is a topic that is foremost in children’s minds. First and foremost, it raises the idea of sharing. The book offers a number of philosophical topics for discussion. At first reluctant, Rainbow Fish eventually relents and finds he enjoys sharing his scales. Other fish admire him and request some of his scales because they want to share in his beauty. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is a book about a unique fish with shimmering scales. Read aloud video featuring Ernest Borgnine Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion In the end, he is less beautiful than he was before, but he has new friends and is now the happiest fish in the sea. Rainbow Fish reluctantly gives away all but one of his scales. He goes to the wise octopus for advice, and she tells him to give away his scales. All the other fish in the sea ignore him after this and he does not understand why. In the beginning, the most beautiful fish in the ocean does not want to share one of his shining scales with a little blue fish. I thought that it had a good lesson on accepting others and not allowing friendships to sway a person into mistreating someone else.Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary The Rainbow Fish can begin a discussion on the nature of sharing, beauty, and happiness. However, when they are attacked by a shark, Rainbow Fish leads the others in saving the new fish and then encourages the others to accept him.

Rainbow Fish knows that they are wrong, but he is afraid of losing his friends, so he goes along with them. In this book Rainbow Fish and his friends refuse to let a new fish without any shiny scales play with them. Thus, I still see only a lesson on sharing.Īfter rereading The Rainbow Fish, I read the sequel, Rainbow Fish To The Rescue, which had been given to us.

Second, no one forced him to give up his shiny scales, but the wise old octopus advised him that sharing with other with others would help him to be happy. First, Rainbow Fish was so stuck up because he was proud of his shiny scales that he refused to play with the other fish. When I reread the book I recalled a couple of things that I had forgotten. My first response to that was that all I saw in the book was a lesson on sharing. A few people have thought that Pfister’s book The Rainbow Fish exhibited some socialistic tendencies because Rainbow Fish was forced to share his shiny scales with the other fish. Raimbow Fish to the Rescue (published in 1995 by North-South Books). Language level: 1 (nothing objectionable)įor more information e-mail Marcus. Publisher: North-South Books, republished in 1999

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