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Learn to Draw The Rainbow Fish with Marcus Pfister!

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Bestselling author Marcus Pfister reads The Rainbow Fish-a story of sharing and sparkling!

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Pfister's was inspired by his wife and by his first published book "The Sleepy Owl". His wife was a teacher and often would help him with ideas. When his publisher wanted him to write another book, he felt inspired by his first and wanted a similar character to the owl. He came up with the idea of a rainbow fish as he noticed he could change feathers to scales and make them rainbow. Lastly, Pfister was inspired to create children's books that parents could also relate to.

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Swiss-born author and illustrator Marcus Pfister entered the world on July 30, 1960, the third of five children. One influence on his later life was the bedtime storytelling of his father. Pfister remembers the action, the drama, and the suspense of the adventure tales involving animals or childre…

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Critici in Erba Prize, Bologna Children's Book Fair, and Christopher Award (1993)
The Rainbow Fish won American Booksellers Book of the Year for children's book (1995)
The Rainbow Fish was an American Bookseller Pick of the List and an International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Children's Choice Book.

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Marcus Pfister Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Adaptations, Sidelights

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Born 0027;s name, Kathrin; Education: Attended art school in Berne, Switzerland.

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http://www.marcuspfister.ch/

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Children's literature (illustrated) and fictional

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Marcus Pfister was born in  Bern, Switzerland in 1960. His first picture book was "The Sleepy Owl" which was published by North-South books in 1986. In 1992, he wrote and published the first of his popular series of "The Rainbow Fish".

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Marcus Pfister was born the 30th of July 1960 in Bern, Switzer- land. He attended the Art School of Bern and then completed an apprenticeship as a Graphic Designer. From 1981-1983 he worked as a Graphic Designer at the publicity agency Alexandre Ott in Zurich. He then took off six months and traveled across the United States, Canada and Mexico. When he re- turned to Switzerland he started working as an independent Graphic Artist. Between 1984 and 1985 he made the sketches for his first picture book "The Sleepy Owl" . It was published in 1986 by North-South Books, this was the beginning of a long collaboration. Until 1992, Marcus worked simultaneously as a Graphic Designer and as an author/illustrator of children's books. In 1992 he burst onto the international scene with his book "The Rainbow Fish" , which convinced him to focus solely on writing and illustrating his own books. Up to now 49 books of Marcus Pfister have been published. They have been translated into more than 50 languages. The total number of published copies has exceeded 30 millions. As an illustrator, Marcus has never bound himself to a definite style of art and surprises his audience again and again with new techniques and images. One can see this in "The Magic Book" with an elaborate folder-technique, the split pages in "Milo and the Magical Stones" which tells a story with two different endings, and in "The Rainbow Fish" series with the use of holographic foil. There is always a surprise for his readers with new and exciting effects. He is now concentrating on developing new characters and artistic concepts for his picture books. Marcus Pfister has four children and lives with his wife Debora in Bern, Switzerland. His book signing tours have taken him to Korea, Japan, the United States and many European Countries. His hobbies are photographing wildlife in the Rainforest, creating sculptures and playing basketball.

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Marcus Pfister was born the 30th of July 1960 in Bern, Switzer- land. He attended the Art School of Bern and then completed an apprenticeship as a Graphic Designer. From 1981-1983 he worked as a Graphic Designer at the publicity agency Alexandre Ott in Zurich.

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This book shows diversity by handling the issues of wanting to find accpectance. Raven was the last to hatch and learn how to fly and because of this he was bullied by his fellow peers. However. he overcame this by flying to the moon and showing this fellow peers that just because he was the last of the bunch and learned a bit slower, he could do the same thing as they could.

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This book illistrates diveristy by showing how a group of friends who are animals and want to show how they are all unquie in their own ways. At the end they all transform into one another to show how they all accpect each other. For example the elephant comes out having a kangroos pouch. No matter the differences between them they all are still great friends.

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This book illustrates all different types for sea life. The rainbow fish is used to show how being "different" is okay. Throughout the book, there are multiple colors and features that catch the eye of the reader. This relates to us as humans for our unique characteristics and how just like the rainbow fish, everyone has their own individual features that make us ourselves.