Book 8: The Rainbow Fish

Book Title: The Rainbow Fish
Author: Marcus Pfister
Year:1992

'The Rainbow Fish' is a story about a fish with multiple coloured scales. He friends ask if they could have one each, but he refuses in a rude manner. Soon after he realises that he is quite lonely, so he is sent to the octopus for advice. The octopus tells him to share his beautiful scales with the other fish, so he does and he notices the joy and happiness that comes from sharing. This story is suitable for junior primary students, as it is quite simple and has nice bright pictures with colourful scales in it. The text is quite simple to understand and students would be able to relate to the story by learning to share with others to make everyone happy and prevent rejection.

This story could be used in an english lesson (e.g. doing a unit of work on it), or an art lesson (e.g. students can make their own rainbow fish).

Book 4: Pog

Book Title: Pog
Author: Lyn Lee & Kim Gamble
Year: 2000
Genre: Comedy

'Pog' is about a small monster that claims to be as brave as a 'Bathtub full of sharks'. Throughout the book he found that he wasn't as brave as he thought he was...he was afraid of children. Towards the end of the book he began to overcome his fear of children.
This book would be suitable for junior primary because its quite a simple book with little words, but it has big detailed pictures that the students can relate the text to. It is a comedy also because kids would find it funny that 'Pog' thinks he is brave and not afraid of anything, but he finds that he is afraid of children.

Book 5: Nighty Night

Book title: Nighty Night
Author: Margaret Wild & Kerry Argent
Year: 2000
Genre: Comedy


'Nighty Night' is a suitable book for junior primary students as it has little words and detailed pictures that relate to the text. This is so the students would be able to understand the story through the visuals (pictures) rather than the text. The storyline is one that smaller children can relate to, as the parent animals struggle to get their energetic children to bed. The students would find this storyline quite funny, as the young ones tend to play tricks the parents throughout the whole story.