THE RAINBOW FISH

To finish off the week, I picked my last picture book called The Rainbow Fish. I loved this book when I was little, mostly because of the pretty illustrations, but there really is a great message here.

Rainbow fish has very pretty and shiny scales but he doesn't want to share them with anyone because they were his prized possessions. When one of the other fish asks to have one, he gets very angry and tells him to go away. No one was admiring him anymore, so the wise octopus said to give away his scales to all his friends to be happy. At first he was hesitant, but when he gave them away, he felt the most joy and he was no longer sad.

This is a great message for children to learn early in life, not to be greedy! The more greed takes over, the more you will be sad and lonely. But if you share with everyone, the happier you will be. If may sound strange to kids because they think everything is thiers, but if we keep teaching them that thats ok, we are getting no where!

~Whats mine is yours~