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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
Aesthetically, the book is a spectacle, using the same holographic effect as my childhood Pokemon cards.
Content-wise, I have two issues:
1. The octopus subplot. This book is something like 20 pages. Each page needs to hammer home a message - we don't have time to dilly-dally. So why are we spending two pages on a false errand with some lame starfish?
The starfish was an unneeded catalyst to get Rainbow Fish to visit Paul the Octopus (RIP). We could have just gone straight to the octopus or, better yet, the starfish could have just addressed the obvious problem with Rainbow Fish's selfishness. It doesn't take an all-knowing cephalopod to understand that being a jerk won't make you any friends.
But am I an expert on sea life intellect? I am not.
2. Conditional friendship. For Rainbow Fish to be happy, he (she!?) needs to give away his reflector scales to others, leaving him with one. So in order to make friends, he has to shed the very thing that made him an individual? People admire Ryan Reynolds's abs, but we don't condemn him for not dispersing his muscle sectionals among us.
Sharing is definitely something you should teach children, but this book began with a selfish little minnow demanding something from Rainbow Fish. There is nothing that little guy offers to Rainbow Fish that warrants his friendship. I needed more history of the Rainbow Fish and his place in this society to know if the other fishes' reactions were warranted.
Regardless, relationships are not built by giving a bunch of strangers PARTS OF YOUR BODY or your possessions in general. They are built from trials and constant support and going on adventures together. When Rainbow Fish went to see the octopus, who was there? When he offered his scales, who said "Nah, man, thanks but no"? None of these selfish moochers.
Rainbow Fish had every right to keep those scales - those materialistic friendships were not worth it.
Content-wise, I have two issues:
1. The octopus subplot. This book is something like 20 pages. Each page needs to hammer home a message - we don't have time to dilly-dally. So why are we spending two pages on a false errand with some lame starfish?
The starfish was an unneeded catalyst to get Rainbow Fish to visit Paul the Octopus (RIP). We could have just gone straight to the octopus or, better yet, the starfish could have just addressed the obvious problem with Rainbow Fish's selfishness. It doesn't take an all-knowing cephalopod to understand that being a jerk won't make you any friends.
But am I an expert on sea life intellect? I am not.
2. Conditional friendship. For Rainbow Fish to be happy, he (she!?) needs to give away his reflector scales to others, leaving him with one. So in order to make friends, he has to shed the very thing that made him an individual? People admire Ryan Reynolds's abs, but we don't condemn him for not dispersing his muscle sectionals among us.
Sharing is definitely something you should teach children, but this book began with a selfish little minnow demanding something from Rainbow Fish. There is nothing that little guy offers to Rainbow Fish that warrants his friendship. I needed more history of the Rainbow Fish and his place in this society to know if the other fishes' reactions were warranted.
Regardless, relationships are not built by giving a bunch of strangers PARTS OF YOUR BODY or your possessions in general. They are built from trials and constant support and going on adventures together. When Rainbow Fish went to see the octopus, who was there? When he offered his scales, who said "Nah, man, thanks but no"? None of these selfish moochers.
Rainbow Fish had every right to keep those scales - those materialistic friendships were not worth it.
My daughter has a video of this movie when she was little and she watched it over and over and over. It really does have a great story. I've never really thought about reading it in my classroom because I have always thought of it as a book for pre-schoolers. I think it could work though.
These guys do a great job reading it:
https://youtu.be/UBef_IwTDa8
Beautiful images with amazing colors. Love how it teaches kiddos how sharing is caring.
برداشتم ازش با چیزی که پشت کتاب نوشته بود فرق داشت.
بخاطر شیر کردن دوست پیدا نکرد بخاطر عوض کردن خودش و باج دادن آدم خرید.
بخاطر شیر کردن دوست پیدا نکرد بخاطر عوض کردن خودش و باج دادن آدم خرید.
The only part about this book that I remembered loving was touching the shiny scales. Other than that I do not remember anything about the book.
One of my favorite books when I was a child. I remember the cover and the plot to this day.
adventurous
informative
reflective
There are at least three ways to interpret this story, and two of them are brilliant.