The Rainbow Snail

by Karin kesson

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The perfect modern hybrid for fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Little Blue Truck, The Rainbow Snail is the thoughtful and inspirational story of how we are shaped and grow based on our environmental surroundings. Karin Akesson's debut is unique in both text and illustration and like the Rainbow Snail, this book will delight with every turning page.

A strikingly-designed early learning die-cut board book introducing colors and a fabulous new character--the Rainbow Snail! Karin Åkesson's beautiful artwork and easy-to-read text combine to create a wonderfully interactive book to teach toddlers colors and a charming read-aloud children's book for ages 0-2 and up. Stick with the snail as it journeys through colorful surroundings, from black to the boldest colors of the rainbow!

Blue like the raindrops. Green like the soft grass. Yellow like the warm sun. This is the story of how the rainbow snail came to be. It takes sun and rain to make a rainbow, and what better combination of colors could there be?

The Rainbow Snail's educational appeal, as young readers follow a brave little creature's exciting adventure while learning the colors of the rainbow, will make this a popular picture book with educators, librarians, and parents. It makes a lovely newborn gift to help build a collection of baby books for the expecting parents' nursery library. As with all of Boxer Books' titles, this baby book has an inventive but classic theme that children and adults can enjoy together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454712145
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	04/01/2025
Series:	The Rainbow Snail
Pages:	18
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Karin Åkesson is an award-winning author and illustrator inspired by her Swedish heritage and wants to emphasize the vibrant and sunny things in life. She creates and sells prints of her beautiful art, homeware, and stationery all over the UK and Europe. Her clients include the British Heart Foundation, The Guardian, TheIndependent, The Telegraph, Habitat, Saatchi and Saatchi, and Veuve Clicquot. The Rainbow Snail was her first original children’s book and was the Overall Winner of the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2024. Åkesson lives in East London, UK.

 

Editorial Reviews

The artwork supports the text with colorful, striking shapes on white backgrounds . . . . [A] welcome teaching tool . . . . Simple and delightful—just like a rainbow.” —Kirkus Reviews

“The fun, bright illustrations and the ability to learn colors will delight young children when going through their summer reading list.” —Daily Mom

“This truly beautiful, bright, happy book will do more than teach colors.” — Asheville Citizen Times

From the Publisher

2022-11-16
How do colors make you feel?

A snail emerges from his flowerpot home amid a rainstorm. When the sun appears and the rain clears up, the snail spots a rainbow, boldly illustrated across the page. As the snail looks at it, he considers all the different hues: “What would it feel like to be VIOLET like a spring flower…or INDIGO like juicy blueberries…or BLUE like the raindrops?” With each new consideration, the outside edge of the snail’s shell, initially all black, turns to that color, pushing the previous hues inward. By the end, the snail’s shell is a matching rainbow, and he proudly declares, “Being all the colors of the rainbow is best! RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, and VIOLET! HOORAY!” The story is spare, but with the right storyteller, it will open countless conversations about colors, feelings, and descriptive words. The artwork supports the text with colorful, striking shapes on white backgrounds. For all the simplicity of the illustrations, the snail is surprisingly emotive, using googly-like eyes on the ends of its stalks to full effect. This tale will be equally at home shared during a large storytime or intimate lap read, and with both, it will be a welcome teaching tool. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Simple and delightful—just like a rainbow. (Concept picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews