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Rainbow Colors

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Pub Date 27 Jan 2026 | Archive Date 1 Nov 2025


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Description

A poetic and visually bold picture book that brings each color of the rainbow to life through lyrical language, nature-inspired imagery, and expressive design.

What color is cheerful, or calm, or full of mystery?

Rainbow Colors invites young readers to explore the beauty, personality, and emotion of each color—from cardinals and carrots to oceans and amethysts. Children will delight in guessing each hue before it’s revealed, making this an engaging read-aloud that’s perfect for classrooms, storytime, or quiet exploration.

What Makes Rainbow Colors Shine:

• INTERACTIVE & EDUCATIONAL: Combines STEM and SEL learning with a playful guessing-game format that builds color recognition and emotional vocabulary.
• STUNNING DESIGN: Hand-lettered typography and bold, textured illustrations create a strong visual identity that stands out on shelves and gift tables.
• BEAUTY MEETS SUBSTANCE: Goes beyond basic color naming—each page evokes the feeling of a hue, fostering sensory and emotional connections.
CLASSROOM & GIFT-READY: A joyful, sturdy hardcover that belongs in preschool classrooms, storytime circles, and personal libraries alike.

Whether you're teaching color concepts or sharing a moment of wonder, Rainbow Colors is a vibrant celebration of how we see—and feel—the world around us.
A poetic and visually bold picture book that brings each color of the rainbow to life through lyrical language, nature-inspired imagery, and expressive design.

What color is cheerful, or calm, or full...

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EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781685559106
PRICE US$17.95 (USD)
PAGES 32

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Reflecting on the emotions, natural occurrences in the environment, and evocative style, this book gives new life to colors, with adjectives and nouns that give hint to how colors appear to us. The reader gets a chance to guess before a whimsical eruption of the selected color bursts on the next page, shouting, "I'm Orange", for example.

This would make a lovely board book to be read with an adult caregiver. I like how they explain more about rainbows and how colors evoke feelings at the end of the book as well.

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This book is a delightful new take on the classic book about colors. It does not just state the color and give examples of items that are that color, but it also talks about the feelings connected to that color. Not only are children learning colors, but they are also opening doors for conversations about emotions and how to express them.

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Oh my! What a precious book! I love this bold book full of descriptive words! I can picture a classroom teacher reading this book aloud to her students as they sit in a circle at her feet! Not only does this beautifully illustrated book teach children their colors, it also informs them about how rainbows are created. I will certainly recommend this book to my elementary teacher friends. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this adorable book!

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Rainbow Colors is such a vibrant book! I enjoyed the rhyming cadence it's written in. While simple, the vocabulary presents the opportunity for young children to learn new words. The guessing element and reveal of the colours is so fun!
I would definitely give this book as a gift.

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Did you know that colors have personalities? In “Rainbow Colors”, written by Yvonne Pearson and illustrated by Carole Chevalier, each of the colors talk about themselves. The colors describe some feelings and where they can be seen. At the end of the book the colors combine to create a rainbow.

“Rainbow Colors” is a simple beautiful book that can help children, especially young children, determine their feelings and emotions. As the colors are described, one can guess what it could be. One then turns the page and sees the color and the different objects that could be colored by that color. The rhyming verses move the narration along until the rainbow is created. I like the page at the end of the book that gives a simple scientific explanation of a rainbow. The page that talks about color and it’s possible related feelings helps children understand how colors can help us connect with our feelings. A perfect book for preschool and young elementary children.

I want to thank The Collective Book Studio for the complementary eARC of this book and for selecting me to review it on NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

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