

Rainbow Fish becomes upset and tells the little fish to go away. The little fish argues that Rainbow Fish has plenty to give away. Rainbow Fish’s routine changes when one day, a small blue fish follows him asking for a scale. Initially proud, the Rainbow Fish rejects the other fish’s appeals to play, instead gliding past proudly. His scales sparkle with every color of the rainbow, including silver ones among them. The Rainbow Fish begins by explaining that Rainbow Fish is known as the most beautiful fish in the ocean. Rainbow Fish wants the other sea creatures to possess the beauty they see and gradually gives away his scales until he has none left.

The first book in the series, The Rainbow Fish, introduces Rainbow Fish, who lives far out in the sea and dazzles the sea’s inhabitants with his beautiful scales.

The story was even adapted into an animated series that aired in Canada from 1999 to 2001. The series offers cautionary tales of morality and follows its title character, Rainbow Fish. Pfister writes and illustrates children’s books and published the six-book Rainbow Fish series from 1992 until 2009. The Rainbow Fish is a 1992 illustrated children’s book by Swiss author Marcus Pfister.
