Rainbow Fish Finds His Way

Rainbow Fish

by Marcus Pfister, J Alison James (Translator)

Marcus Pfister's award-winning Rainbow Fish is back--""in a brand-new adventure! This time, Rainbow Fish gets lost in an undersea storm and has to find his way back home. Luckily, with the help of some new friends, it isn't long before Rainbow Fish is reunited with his glittering school of fish.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Animals, Adventure

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Marcus Pfister was born in Berne, Switzerland, and began his career as a graphic artist in an advertising agency. In 1983, he decided to dedicate more time to artistic pursuits, and began to write and illustrate his first book, The Sleepy Owl, which was published in 1986. His best-known work to date is The Rainbow Fish, which has remained on bestseller lists across the United States since 1992.

Marcus does most of his illustrations for children's books in watercolors. He begins each book by stretching watercolor paper over a wooden board so that it won't warp when wet. He then copies his rough sketches onto the paper in pencil. At this point, he is ready to begin painting. For backgrounds and blended contours, he uses wet paint on wet paper to get a softer effect. For sharper details, he first lets the paper dry, then paints the final picture layer by layer. When the illustration is complete he cuts the paper from the wooden board.

For books that feature holographic foil stamping, he then tapes a piece of transparent film over the art and indicates with a black marker where the foil stamping should be. The foil stamping is then applied during the production process after the pages are printed and before the final binding.

Marcus and his wife, Kathryn, work together in Berne, where they live with their three children.

Reviews

[Jvermeersch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mooi vormgegeven, kleurrijk, en een prima verhaal. Net een goede hoeveelheid tekst. En hoe je het ook draait of keert, de glittereffectjes op de vinnen blijven fascinerend mooi.

[Charles Francis · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author's award-winning Rainbow Fish is back with another good adventure, this time Rainbow Fish gets lost in an undersea storm and his journey to get back home with the help of some friendly fish, who become his new friends.

The story is about friendship and kindness. It is a good book for 3-6 year-olds. The illustration is full of vibrate colors and well drawn sea life and landscape.

A good book for any time of day reading. Would suggest that if you have it as a bedtime story you give yourself a few extra minutes of reading time. While not a lengthy read, it is one that will take a few minutes to get through, especially as you stop to explain the story, discuss the messages within, and to fully immerse your little one in the story you'll want to stop and explain the fish and surrounding sea life and landscapes.

This is a Vox Books, Books that Talk! book, which has narration and the written word. You can simply let your child turn the pages as they listen or you can participate by turning the pages, reading alongside, or both.

[Regan Brakebush]

This one was okay, but I think the best part was the artwork, not necessarily the content, which is kind of a shame. Rainbow Fish gets lost because of a storm and has to try and find his way home. In his search, he ends up finding the family of one of his friends. They had been separated a long time ago. He is able to find his home ~and~ reunite his friend with his long, lost family. Pretty busy day for Rainbow Fish.

[Nena Heesakkers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Prima boek voor in de serie. Persoonlijk vind ik er mooiere verhalen in de serie zitten, maar als aanvulling is dit een leuk verhaal voor erbij.

Ik heb zelf de boeken van de reeks door elkaar gelezen. Ik vraag me af of kinderen echt dieper in de verhaallijn komen als je de boeken op volgorde leest…

[Sirah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rainbow Fish really shouldn't be out gathering pebbles right before a storm, but there he is, and there he isn't. He's blown to a part of the ocean he's never seen before and has to use every clue available to find his way home.

I liked the mystery in this one and the fun trail of events.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet enough

[Karla · Rating 4 out of 5]

decent story
kids love the series
not much meat to it but... not bad

[TiKa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sateenkaarikala löytää kotiin

[Rubi · Rating 4 out of 5]

What can I say, I Rainbow Fish books haha
This one Rainbow Fish got lost and again I learned some new little fun facts about different sea animals. The illustrations were pretty, as usual.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book less than the original, though this did have a sense of adventure and suspense to it. The artwork was stunning as usual!

[Ethan King · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not that impressive but not bad. I'm a big fan of the new character Puffer fish.

[Verena Henoch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Schönes und lehrreiches Kinderbuch.

[Cara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first time that I've real any of the sequels to 'The Rainbow Fish'.
I must say that I almost like this book better because the Rainbow Fish isn't a snob and still had his iconic look.
He's busy collecting pebbles instead of getting to safety when a storm hits and washes him away. He asks for help from various creatures, but no one knew how to get him home until he shows them a pebble he was collecting. He was being nice, giving them the pebble just like his scales from the first book.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

We snagged this at the library. My daughter enjoys the original Rainbow Fish so we wanted to read another in this series. In this book, Rainbow Fish gets lost and has to get a lot of help along the way to get back home. It's a cute story and it was nice to see how helpful all the fish were.

The illustrations were great in typical Rainbow Fish fashion. My daughter seemed interested in both the pictures and the story and loved learning about all these new fish.

[Megan Sutherland · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book describes Rainbow Fish's adventure of finding his way back home after getting lost in an undersea storm, and the friends he makes along the way. Teaches students about accepting others and how you never know who will be able to help you.

[Mandy J. Hoffman · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story of a fish who gets lost and the fish who help him get back home.

[Zak Patten · Rating 4 out of 5]

More adventures with the Rainbow Fish. This one doesn't have the moral of the original, but cooperation and friendship are strong themes.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

learning to stand on your own

[Merita · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 7, 5 and 4 year old really enjoyed it.

[Sarah Stumphf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story, pretty pictures. Good lesson for asking directions.

[Emma Snyder · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like how the illustrations are interactive with the shiny material as rainbow fish's scales.

[☽ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still cute. Also realized more text in this book than the earlier ones? Just an observation.

[Brandi Streeval · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this to my daughter cute book