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Bezig met laden... The Rainbow Fish (Abridged Board Book)door Marcus Pfister
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. What a pretty book! I wish I were more comfortable with the message, which verges closer than I'm comfortable with on "give yourself away to make yourself popular". Maybe the full size version is more clear that the allegory is decrying selfishness and vanity rather than instructing children that making & keeping friends requires excising what makes you special. For the right kid, this book is maaaybe a good nudge, in concert with a determined interpretation that the message of the book is "be kind to others". As a general library holding, the message makes me as a parent rather uncomfortable. A vain fish with beautiful colorful scales is told, essentially, to solve his unpopularity by giving away his beautiful scales. He does, and is very happy because he made so many other fishes happy. [return][return]Eh. I was underwhelmed. The book is illustrated beautifully, but the text was uninspiring. And what are we saying, here? That if you're beautiful or special you have to make yourself ugly or the same as everyone else to have friends? Shades of "Harrison Bergeron". [return][return]The idea that the fish is happy because he saw how happy he made the other fishes is great, but it doesn't really resolve the fundamental problem that was set up: He was vain and thought himself better than everyone else, and so was rude to them. And we're supposed to understand, from the other fish, perhaps that it's okay to put up with people being rude to you so long as they give you shiny stuff? [return][return]Maybe it's better in the original German. [return][return]I'll look for other books that do a better job of focusing on "sharing", without sub-themes of conformity and how to buy friendship. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Rainbow Fish (1a)
The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)833.914Literature German and related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1900-1990 1945-1990LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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