Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale

by Marcus Pfister

Overview

Now Rainbow Fish’s third exciting adventure is available in a mini book and audio cassette package to delight his legion of fans. It’s a whale of a tale in which a terrible misunderstanding escalates, putting Rainbow Fish and his friends in great danger, and Rainbow Fish must try to make peace with a big blue whale to save them all from disaster.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780735810099
Publisher:	NorthSouth Books
Publication date:	08/01/1998
Series:	Rainbow Fish Series , #3
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.58(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Marcus Pfister is the author of the phenomenally successful Rainbow Fish series, as well as many other well-reviewed books for children including his most recent title, Questions, Questions. He has worked as a graphic artist, a sculptor, a painter, and a photographer as well as a children’s book author-illustrator. Marcus Pfister lives in Berne, Swizterland.

Editorial Reviews

"The artwork overall is quite winning."

Booklist

Welcome back to Rainbow Fish! It's amazing how a few strips of tinfoil and a vividly colorful imagination can confer longevity upon an imaginary creature. Marcus Pfister's glittering little underwater friend swims again in the delightful Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale. This time Rainbow Fish and his schoolmates, all of whom now sport sparkling scales, are admired by a visiting whale. Unfortunately, they mistake his intentions and go into hiding. It's all a mistake, however, and at the end the whale and his new pals swim happily of into the future-and probably the next book.

Parade

Pfister's winking do-gooder returns; Rainbow Fish and his pals find their krill-eating grounds mooched upon by a huge blue whale. The whale appears to mean no harm, and when the "fish with the ragged fins" calls him a "wicked whale," his feelings are hurt. Accordingly, he menaces the school until Rainbow Fish enters into peace talks. Thereupon the scales are smoothed, the blowholes quieted, and the sea creatures return to a state of bliss: "It was a wonderful life." It's almost painfully formulaic, but some children will never get enough of Rainbow Fish, who has now been promoted to ambassador of peace of the pelagic domain. (Picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews