A small fish sets off to become the biggest fish of all, only to learn to appreciate himself as he is. Die cut holes show wiggling eyeballs on each of the featured fish.
A bird and a fish love their habitats but long for a friend to share them with; they are granted magical powers so that the fish can fly and the bird swim; they then explore the unknown together.
When a big blue whale comes to live near their reef, there is a misunderstanding between him and Rainbow Fish and his friends that leaves everyone very unhappy and hungry.
The townspeople are afraid of the tiny baby girl who drifted to shore in a wooden boat, but she is taken in and loved by a grandfatherly old fisherman until the time comes for her to fulfill her destiny as fish princess.