) is a Swiss

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 author

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 and illustrator

Illustrator

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 of children's

Children's literature

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 picture books.

A worldwide success are his since 1992 published children's picture books about the Rainbow Fish

Rainbow Fish

The Rainbow Fish is an award-winning children's book drawn and written by Marcus Pfister, and translated into English by J. Alison James. The book is best known for its morals about the value of being an individual and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish...

. These books were translated in over 80 languages and have been sold with over 15 million copies. DHX Media

DHX Media

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 turned the picture books into a 26-episode animated television series of the same name, which has aired on the HBO Family\television channel

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 in the United States

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 since 2000.

Marcus Pfister lives in Berne

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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Awards

• 1988: Schweizer Jugendbuchpreis, Nomination
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  list
• 1992: Christopher Award
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• 1993: Critici in Erba Prize
• 1993: 1. Prize Ulmer Bilderbuchspatz
• 1993: Prix spécial des Libraires religieux pour le livre d'enfant, Valence
  Valence, Drôme
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• 1994: Prix de la Jeunesse, Cherbourg
• 1995: North Dakota Flicker Tale
• 1995: ABBY-Award
• 1995: North Carolina
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   Children's Book Award
• 1996: Readers' Choice Award, Michigan
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  Reading Association
• 1996: Children's Choices (IRA-CBC)
• 1997: Christopher Award
• 1997: Steirische Leseeule
• 1998: Storytelling World Award