Rainbow Fish Counting/Numeros (Bilingual)

by Marcus Pfister

This glittering Rainbow Fish board book is now available in a bilingual edition, teaching basic concepts in English and Spanish to very young children. In ""Counting/ meros,"" simple, bold pictures, reinforced with numerals in matching colors teach children the numbers 1-10.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Counting, German Literature, Animals, Kids, Spanish Literature

24 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 2002

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

[Chrisanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I dislike Rainbow Fish. It was a lesson my mom taught me by reading Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, and other books instead. E liked this one though...but only upside-down. Not sure what this says about it.

[Sierra · Rating 5 out of 5]

The rainbow fish series are an adorable series that children have fallen in love with for many years. This book introduces counting by finding how many of each colored scales. It includes learning of numbers and colors, both. The special glitter scale makes the rainbow fish so charming and the illustrations are beautiful. This book also covers a lot of different ocean life and plants. This book could be useful to teachers in many subjects, and the rainbow fish is a fan favorite that can interest young readers in getting other books from the same series.

[Tracy Schillemore · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun counting book. On each page you count different coloured scales on rainbow and some other sea related thing. This book would be good for preschool storytime and great for working one on one on counting with your little one.

[Jillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Straightforward counting book - and it is actually in keeping with the mood of Rainbow Fish, so it avoids that pet peeve of mine!

[Nadia Castillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente para que los niños aprendan a contar.

[Rubi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typical counting book....not much to it. But the art work was still nice and the ending was spot on....there's only ONE Rainbow Fish 😁

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cute book very colorful

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would have been nice for the rainbow fish’s colorful scales to have been consistent. I did appreciate the other ocean creatures for counting as well.

[Jazzmarie Vedrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an interactive book helping a child, between the ages of 2 - 4 years old, learn colors, how to count up to 10 and helping them become familiar with sea creatures and things that live in the deep see. Each page asks questions regarding color and the number of things on the page. Rainbow Fish is the main character, and the author created him to be distinct in color and features, having beautiful brightly colored scales. The book is beautifully illustrated with warm, watercolors of sea animals and sea things to count. This book is a simple, easy reading book that will attract children to want to count along with Rainbow Fish because of the colorful pictures.

CREATIVE EXPERIENCE:
This book can help in introducing children to more sea animals, and the same concept of counting up to ten can be kept. Also, the counting could be expanded up to 20 or to another level that can be accomplished by one child or a group of children.

[Ashley Lahr]

This book was about a fish who was prettier than all of the other fish because his scales were rainbow. He didn't think he could play with the other fish because he was too beautiful. One day another fish asked if he could have one of the pretty scales, but rainbow fish declined. Rainbow fish asked the star fish and the octopus why none of the fish liked him. Octopus said give away your scales and you will have friends but you will no longer be the most beautiful fish. He gave away his scales and now has friends.

[A.C. Bauch · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've never read The Rainbow Fish, though I've noticed it seems to be a polarizing book. This little counting board book has nice illustrations of ocean life, so children can learn both to count and to name the sea creatures. Cute but not earth-shattering. It's a counting board book, after all, and it serves its purpose.

[Skylar Burris · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly basic count to 10 book, offering nothing new, except for the fact that the shiny scales really are pretty...

[Kathrine Rogers]

Counting Week

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book since i was a little kid.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical counting/number book in the Rainbow Fish series. Gorgeous fish scales, especially at the end.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rainbow Fish 1,2,3
Pfister, Marcus
helps with introducing to learning numbers

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

learning counting

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Teaches colors and numbers

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rainbow Fish 1, 2, 3
Pfister, Marcus
continuing the series of books with a cute story about sharing and numbers

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has great pictures that make the counting easy to see and do.