Tattle Tale

by Sonia Sander

Rosie and Dyna were the best of friends -- until they worked on a school project together. Angel heard the whole story and told all of the other fish -- but Angel got the story wrong. Now Rosie and Dyna don't want to talk to each other again. Can Rainbow Fish help clear up the misunderstanding and mend their friendship?

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Fiction, 2nd Grade

32 pages, Paperback

Published July 23, 2002

Reviews

[krysta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tattle Tale Rainbow Fish by Sonia Sander is a children’s picture book published in 2002. The book is intended for ages 4-7 and I rated it a 3 out of 5. This book is centered around a group project for school. Two students are experiencing miscommunication and dislike doing the project with each other. The plot goes by quick, but the reader is able to follow along and stay interested in the story. The book could be a couple pages longer so that there could less words on the pages. This could help some readers follow along better and not get overwhelmed. The characters are kind of hard to tell apart by the pictures until the fourth or fifth page in. Contrary to the title, the story isn’t centered around tattling. It’s more about not telling someone how you feel about their actions. The colors and illustrations of this book are fitting to the story. The colors are pastel but also bold. When I look at an ocean, I see a whole bunch of colors and I’m glad that this book is colorful and not pain. The illustrations help aid in reading the story. They show the facial expressions that we do when we show emotion. This helps children understanding what emotions are.

[Jennifer Steele · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the age group 4-7 this book might be a little too much, it is not very clear, which could cause some confusion for small children. I think that this book would be appropriate for 8-9 year old children, who would be able to better collect the information of this book; Angel fish over hearing the conversation between rainbow fish and Dyna, to which Angel fish relays to another fish that he heard Dyna was being bossy and Rosie was acting like a clown. Because of this Dyna and Rosie thought that each other had said these things about one another..

[Lois Dunahoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that this was an excellent book! I know I will want it in my future classroom library collection! It is very nostalgic and most kids will have heard of this series. The students will find it to be entertaining and they will be able to learn lots. This Rainbow Fish book, will be great about teaching to not talk bad about others, not to gossip, and how to work things out and forgive each other.

[Victoria Desio · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved rainbow fish when I was growing up 😂

[Sarah A · Rating 1 out of 5]

I appreciate the ideas behind this book - when and how to tell on others, report on their feelings and concerns. However it is not clear enough for the age group it's aimed at and my daughter was just left a bit confused.
A clearer moral ending would have made it better!

[Sharlene Spencer · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book about being a tattle tale and friendship

[Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ] · Rating 3 out of 5]

liked it.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

learning when and where to tell