Rainbow Book Blog
I LOVE a good story! Below you will find some really fantastic reads. This collection of stories is carefully curated and holds meaning to me in a unique way.
You will find books that: invite you to think about something in a different way…creative books with beautiful illustrations and stories about ordinary people who overcome hardships and accomplish extraordinary things. Funny books, so comic you laugh out loud books! These I love the most!
Each book I write a review about has something to teach the world, something captivating, beautiful, inspiring…something to make you smile about, something to connect to and learn from.
Books can make a difference to the little ones you read them to, and perhaps even yourself!
So I am inviting you to my collection of books that I love. I am glad you are here…
Welcome.
Born Hungry- Julia Child Becomes “The French Chef” -Written by Alex Prud’homme and Illustrated by Sarah Green
“No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.”
Madelyn’s Exciting Beach Adventure, Written by Sharon Joffey and Illustrated by Rianna Gleeson
A sweet story about one girl’s mission to save the beaches she dearly loves, one sand bucket at a time!
Cukes & Cados Written by Rebecca Hufman
A book bringing POP and COLOR to your ordinary fruits & veggies!
Fartiste- Written by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer, Illustrated by Boris Kulikov
“An explosively funny, mostly true story.” How Frenchman Joseph Pujol perfected the art of the fart!
If You Were a Chocolate Mustache, poems by J. Patrick Lewis and drawings by Matthew Cordell
“You cannot seed a garden
With wheelbarrows of dreams.
Unless you first plant wishes, how
Cumbersome it seems. “
Crayon Man…The true story of the invention of CRAYOLA Crayons, Written by Natascha Biebow & Illustrated by Steven Slalerno
“Once there was a man who saw color EVERYWHERE.”
Only Margaret, A story about Margaret Wise Brown…Written by Candice Ransom and Illustrated by Nan Lawson
“One night Margaret dreamed of a green room and a red ballon and a picture of a cow jumping over the moon.”
Sweet Justice, Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
“You cannot be afraid if you want to accomplish anything. You got to have the willing, the spirit, and above all, you got to have the get-up.”
The Girl Who Turned To Stone written by Amanda Mireles and Illustrated by Natalia Golysheva
“We can change the world with kindness. Where there is concrete, we can grow flowers.”
MANFISH, A story of Jacques Cousteau, written by Jennifer Berne and Illustrated by Eric Puybaret
“Now he could swim across miles of ocean, his body feeling what only scales had felt, his eyes seeing what only fish had seen. The water made him feel like he was flying. Just like in his dreams…He had become a manfish.”
