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Author: Marcus Pfister
Awards: American Booksellers Book of The Year Award for Children (1995), North Carolina Children's Book Award (1995)

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The Rainbow Fish read by Ernest Borgnine from StorylineOnline

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'The Rainbow Fish' read by Ernest Borgnine

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Giving can be just as good, if not better, than receiving

Treat others the way you want to be treated

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Rainbow Fish was a beautiful fish with many shiny glimmering scales. He felt so confident about himself and loved the attention he received from the other fish because of his scales. One day, a Little Blue Fish approaches Rainbow Fish admiring his beautiful scales, and asks if he could have one, but Rainbow Fish angrily declines and The Little Blue Fish sadly swims away. After noticing that all the fish don't want to be around him, Rainbow Fish becomes upset and wants to figure out how to make friends. So, he ultimately ends up giving The Little Blue Fish one of his shiny scales, and shares with many other fish as well, until he's only left with one for himself. Although Rainbow Fish only has one shiny scale left for himself, he is so happy that he has made friends, and that he made the other fish happy with their new scales.

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Make Connections: Students can connect Rainbow Fish sharing his scales to them sharing something that is very important to them.

Synthesize: Students can make own storybook of a time where they shared something, including drawings and descriptions telling what they shared and how it made them and the person they shared with feel.

Make Inferences:
Some inference questions may include...

-Why do you think Rainbow Fish didn't want to share his shiny scales in the beginning of the story?

-Why do you think the other fish didn't want to be friends with Rainbow Fish after he didn't share?

-Do you think Rainbow Fish feels better after sharing his scales with the other fish?

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The Little Blue Fish:

-Friendly: The Little Blue Fish seems very friendly as he tries to approach Rainbow Fish by complimenting him on his beautiful scales and nicely asking for one.

-Sad: When Rainbow Fish says no when The Little Blue Fish asks for a scale, he gets very upset and tells all the other fish what happened, and they all stay away from Rainbow Fish.

-Grateful: At the end of the story, when Rainbow Fish finally gave him a shiny scale, The Little Blue Fish was so grateful and happy that Rainbow Fish so generously gave up one of his beautiful scales.

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Rainbow Fish:

-Rude: In the beginning of the story, Rainbow Fish was not very caring towards the other fish and didn't want to share any of his glimmering scales.

-Selfish: Since all the fish knew how Rainbow Fish wouldn't share his scales with anyone, they all stayed away from him. Rainbow Fish got upset because he only liked his glimmering scales for the attention he got for them.

-Generous: By the end of the story, Rainbow Fish was a very caring and friendly fish who shared his scales with so many fish, that he only left one for himself.