The World Made a Rainbow

by Michelle Robinson, Emily Hamilton (Illustrator)

Overview

Inspired by the rainbows that children across the world have been creating and displaying in their windows, The World Made a Rainbow is beautiful story with a hopeful message of staying connected to the people we love. A donation for every hardcover copy sold will be made to Save the Children (R).

Did you ever paint a rainbow and hang it in your window? Did you see that your neighbors did, too? Did it make you feel a little less lonely?

The World Made a Rainbow is a story to remind us that light can't shine without dark, rainbows can't color the sky without rain, and the world is always full of hope and possibility, even when we feel lost and alone.

This beautiful, reassuring picture book is the perfect reminder of the power of creativity, joy, and togetherness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781547607136
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	10/13/2020
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,056,800
Product dimensions:	9.70(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Michelle Robinson is the bestselling, award-winning author of picture books including There's a Lion in my Cornflakes, A Beginner's Guide to Bearspotting, Grandmas from Mars, the Goodnight Spaceman series, Ten Fat Sausages and many, many more.
www.michellerobinson.co.uk
@MicheRobinson

Emily Hamilton is an exciting new picture book talent, based in North Devon, UK. Emily has drawn, colored, painted and created since she could pick up a pencil. She loves to transport herself into the world of children's books so she can do things like fly with unicorns, hang out in a magic garden and decide how many jellyfish you could fit inside a handbag.
www.emily-hamilton.co.uk

Editorial Reviews

Soothing, and likely to put rainbows in many a real window.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-09-29
A homemade rainbow serves as a bright reminder that all rainstorms end.

“All of the world had to stay home today,” a White child gripes, then jumps at her mother’s suggestion that they make a rainbow to hang in the window. Each color offers its own challenges and associations, from RED, which reminds the young painter of the chairs in her classroom, to VIOLET, the name of her sharply missed best friend. Why not give her a video call? As it turns out, Violet, a child of color, is making a rainbow for her window too—a terrific chance to get out of the house: “We walk to see hers, / and she walks to see mine. / We wave to each other and really, it’s fine. / Not perfect—but neither’s my rainbow. So what? / I’m perfectly happy with all that I’ve got.” Using paint, crayon, and paper collage, Hamilton illustrates Robinson’s reassuring rhyme with simply drawn scenes that begin with a street scene in which several windows are filled with diverse residents longingly looking out and end with an equally diverse group of children (including one in a wheelchair) playing in a puddle beneath a big natural rainbow. The book alludes to the social isolation of the current pandemic without naming it or touching on the many tragedies it’s wrought, ending reassuringly: “we’ll still have each other when this rainstorm ends!” (Here’s hoping.) A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Save the Children. (This book was reviewed digitally with 9.6-by-21.6-inch double-page spreads viewed at 79% of actual size.)

Nonspecific, soothing, and likely to put rainbows in many a real window. (Picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews