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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
A bedtime story in which Rainbow Fish's mother reassures him that she will watch over him no matter what. A suitable read aloud, and reminded me of Joosse's Mama/Papa Do You Love Me? books.
Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Another mother-child relationship where the mother will always be there to protect her child from the possibilities of the dangerous world. Pretty generic.
Another mother-child relationship where the mother will always be there to protect her child from the possibilities of the dangerous world. Pretty generic.
Review originally published on my blog, Nine Pages.
I’m glad more books from the Rainbow Fish series are making their way to America. This is another book about a parent reassuring their little one of their eternal love, much like Nancy Tillman’s Wherever You Are, My Love Will Find You because in this the Rainbow Fish does not doubt his mother’s love because of things that he will do, but doubts that she will be there for him when bad things happen. These are all very watery things: being carried away by the tide, being caught in the tentacles of a jellyfish, but all of these are translatable enough to the world above. The story is framed as a bedtime story, with Rainbow Fish being unable to sleep for his fears. The story features the same shining scales that I loved as a child, and this being a story of Rainbow Fish as a child, he still has all his shining scales so there’s a lot of shimmer on each page. Being a toddler book, this book is much shorter than its parent story, The Rainbow Fish.
I’m glad more books from the Rainbow Fish series are making their way to America. This is another book about a parent reassuring their little one of their eternal love, much like Nancy Tillman’s Wherever You Are, My Love Will Find You because in this the Rainbow Fish does not doubt his mother’s love because of things that he will do, but doubts that she will be there for him when bad things happen. These are all very watery things: being carried away by the tide, being caught in the tentacles of a jellyfish, but all of these are translatable enough to the world above. The story is framed as a bedtime story, with Rainbow Fish being unable to sleep for his fears. The story features the same shining scales that I loved as a child, and this being a story of Rainbow Fish as a child, he still has all his shining scales so there’s a lot of shimmer on each page. Being a toddler book, this book is much shorter than its parent story, The Rainbow Fish.
fast-paced
While I understand the premise of calming a young child’s fears, overall I felt like this was poorly executed. The initial fear was of the dark and then additional fears seem to come out of nowhere. It has a sort of vibe to the runaway bunny in how the majority of the text is handled.
Generally I feel meh about this one.
Generally I feel meh about this one.