There's a reason Rainbow Fish is so beloved, and this continuation of the story is a perfect example of why. In "You Can't Win Them All," Rainbow Fish learns an important lesson about sportsmanship and skill. While playing hide and seek with friends, Rainbow Fish is dismayed that he can't immediately find his friends, and even more disappointed when he is quickly found in his own hiding space. However, with the help of his friends, he begins to understand what it means to sometimes win, sometimes lose, but always have a good attitude toward the game.

Pfister continues to deliver illustrations that wow. The watercolor images are so beautiful. The contrast of colors on each fish, coupled with the intricate details in the undersea setting make for imagery that enhance the story.

"You Can't Win Them All," is an easy read, with enough complexity that it doesn't feel like an overly elementary book. I would recommend this for early readers, especially for reading aloud. More than that, it shares a meaningful lesson that is communicated in an easy-to-understand way. Its honesty about feelings of embarrassment, fear, and frustration is both age-appropriate and mature. Overall, I absolutely recommend this and have already made note of a few kids in my life who will get a copy!

The book has nice message and the illustrations are also good. The title of the book can be a bit better.

The rainbow fish books have been around for a while now and the one thing we can rely on is the beautiful illustrations, usually with a little illumination in pinks, blues and other colours. I really enjoyed this book as it spread the message that sometimes we lose at things and while it isn't always easy we just need to accept the loss without compromising who you are.

In You can't win them all, rainbow fish has a new friend called Red Fin who is a delightful shade of orange, pinks and reds. They decide to play hide and seek with all their friends and unfortunately for rainbow fish it doesn't go as he planned. While I am not going to spoil the ending, I will say that this story is a very good life lesson for children that can't deal with the possibility of not winning or being the best of everything.

The illustrations are familiar as the Rainbow Fish books all have the same underwater depiction that the children will recognise and love.

Highly recommend these books for 3 years.

I received this ARC from Netgalley for an honest review.
Another Rainbow Fish story with a good lesson for kids of all ages. Rainbow fish and his friends are playing hide and seek. He is it and can't find his friends. When it's his time to hide, his friends find him immediately. Rainbow Fish is very frustrated at what has happened so he storms off. When his friend finally finds him, he talks to Rainbow Fish about being a poor sport.

Delightful! Its predecessor, "The Rainbow Fish" is still a favorite in my Media Center.and this book will, undoubtedly, follow the same pattern.
The message of being a good sport will resound with my readers. It's a difficult lesson to learn but a necessary one. The message is intertwined with the beautiful illustrations and I know will be loved as intensely as the first.

You Can't Win Them All, Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

I will start out by saying that the Rainbow Fish is very loved in my house and so I was really excited to see a new book in the series!
The lesson in this book is about good sportsmanship. Our beloved Rainbow Fish gets upset because Little Blue wins at hide-and-seek. Rainbow Fish has an angry reaction and isn't very nice, especially to Little Blue. Luckily, there is Red Fin to soothe Little Blue and get through to Rainbow Fish and help him learn how to apologize. Rainbow Fish makes the situation right and all is well. What I like most about this story is that this is a scenario that happens in life and I think that often it just takes a 'Red Fin' to help the 'poor sport' know how to fix the situation. I read this to my 7 year old in the hopes that if he is ever in this scenario, he can imagine 'Red Fin' helping him to do the right thing. We both enjoyed the beautiful illustrations and the wonderful message.

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A beautifully illustrated book with an important message for young children. Another fantastic addition to the Rainbow Fish series.

Rainbow fish likes to win and most of the time he does. One day while playing hide and seek he is unable to find any of his fish buddies. Disappointed, Rainbow fish decides he will win the next game by hiding so good that Little Blue will not be able to find him. But Rainbow fish loses again, in fact he is the first one found!

“You Can’t Win Them All Rainbow Fish” is a great book to start a conversation with young kids about being good sports. The colorful illustrations will grab their attention and they will easily be able to identify with the way Rainbow fish feels. Who knows it might even bring on a great game of hide and seek.

Rainbow Fish books were always favourites in our school library with our primary students. The beautiful illustrations, child friendly language and simple story hit a chord with the students and this one does the same.

Rainbow Fish, Jagged Fins, Little Blue and a new friend Red Fin play hide and seek. Rainbow fish is it and he can not find any of his friends. He is not sure what happened, he knows all the hiding places. When Little Blue is it, he finds Rainbow Fish right away. Rainbow Fish is upset because Little Blue never finds them. He immediately calls Little Blue a cheater and swims away. Poor Little Blue, who was so proud of himself for finding Rainbow Fish, is now down in the dumps. Can Red Fin calm Rainbow Fish down and get him to realize that he is being a bad sport? Will Rainbow Fish smooth things over with Little Blue? This is a great book to teach about sportsmanship and caring about friends feelings in a cute simple way for our youngest children. A book that needs to be in every public, school and family library.

A new book in the Rainbow Fish collection. This one highlights being a good sport. It's good to know that you are not always the winner. But just because you are the loser does not mean you get to be a bad sport about it.

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My kids love the rainbow fish books. I love that each book has a great and important lesson in it. This book did not disappoint!! First, the artwork is wonderful and my kids loved it. Secondly, this book teaches kids that they can't always win everything and that when you lose you need to be a good sport. I feel like this is such an important message and I love how rainbow fish handles the situation.

Beautiful book with stories that stand the test of time. Well enjoyed with the kids and well enjoyed with their little sister. I would highly recommend to any parent.

Such a lovery moment ! Good memories with this little fish !

A cute story about being a good sport and learning to apologize. Rainbow Fish and his fish pals play a game of hide-and-seek. He's usually so good at this game, but this time he can't find anyone! To make matters worse, the youngest member of the group finds him almost immediately. Little Blue was so proud of himself, but frustrated Rainbow Fish goes off and sulks. Another fish gently talks to Rainbow Fish about what happened and what he must do to make it right.

Rainbow Fish and his friends are favorite characters in my school library. I highly recommend this book not only as a great addition to the library's Rainbow Fish series, but also for the wonderful sportsmanship lesson this book conveys without being overly pushy in the message.

The students will love another story with the Rainbow fish and teachers will love the lesson it teaches students. A great way to help solve conflict or discuss ways to be a good team player. I am looking forward to reading this to my class! Thanks for the opportunity to read it.

I loved the rainbow fish when I was a child, so when I saw that Netgalley had this as an aption with which to download and read I jumped at the chance. In this book, it seems that the Rainbowfish has kept the friends he made by sharing his scales and now learns the lesson that not all games you play you can win.

My preschooler felt this read was "good." Being a poor sport is a pertinent topic for a preschooler...so this was much appreciated. It would have been helpful to tell the fish apart easier. I am glad that Rainbow Fish has become a series!

At a time when many children play video games and watch too much television, it is always refreshing to be reminded of childhood games and good sportsmanship. Marcus Pfister does just that in his latest book "You Can't Win Them All, Rainbow Fish".

Rainbow Fish, Jagged Fins, Little Blue and new friend Red Fin play hide and seek with Rainbow Fish as the first seeker. He knows just where to look but can't find anyone's hiding place. He is stunned! Little Blue, the next seeker, finds Rainbow Fish quickly. Little Blue, seldom a winner, is proud of his victory until Rainbow Fish complains that it isn't fair and he will no longer play the game. Little Blue's sadness is evident to his friends.

Marcus Pfister's use of age appropriate text and colorful illustrations address the issue of good sportsmanship and consideration for the feelings of others. This is an excellent book for preschoolers and young readers.

Thank you NorthSouth Books and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review "You Can't Win Them All, Rainbow Fish".

It turns out that Rainbow Fish is kind of a bad sport. Luckily, he meets another wise friend, who teaches him that it doesn't matter if you win or lose -- the important thing is having friends to play with.

Children will recognize themselves or their friends in Rainbow Fish's tantrum, and hopefully resolve not to replicate it.