Through this experience, the rainbow learns to never touch the earth again.įirst and foremost, the artwork in this book is stunning. īeautiful artwork accompanies this story of seven golbins in search of a delicious rainbow only to be outwitted by the flowers. My own, beloved and much read copy, sheltered for nearly 30 years by an old friend. Magically, now, this book has come back to me - and I don't mean another copy of it. I never forgot about it, though, and I did buy a much smaller edition. I loved this book, and then, in the strange course life takes, I lost it. The rainbow, in gratitude, turns the flowers into birds and butterflies - and she becomes more cautious, never actually touching the ground again. When they can't untangle themselves, the flowers return the colors, and the goblins drown in what they came to steal. The flowers capture the colors as the rainbow is born, and the goblins get nothing but tangled in their own ropes. They shelter in a cave and the roots of the plants, hanging from the cave walls, overhear the goblins wicked plans. They learn of a valley where the rainbow is born, and they go there to gobble up the final, beautiful rainbow. The story tells of 7 evil goblins who capture rainbows and drink the colors. I was pretty much obsessed with rainbows in the 70s, and I bought this incredibly beautiful book when it first came out - I read it a million times. This astonishing book is filled with oil paintings on oak panels, which are reproduced about 2/3 of the original size. However, the whole package put together made for a terrific reading time experience for the both of us! They're absolutely captivating! We spent more time looking at the pictures than reading the book.
The real attraction to this book are the fantastic illustrations! How will the rainbow save itself from these evil doers? It may need a little help from its friends. Seven goblins go on a quest for rainbow sustenance. Add to it that this particular brand of goblin likes to drain the color from rainbows so that they might drink the procured colorful liquid, and what you have is an entirely engrossing book for this particular 7-year-old reader. So here we have a wonderfully illustrated book about a touchstone subject in my young niece's life.
These adventures are epic, frightening and exciting to my niece, who loves playing this game.provided I go first into the goblin lair. We've then made valiant sorties from the fort into the goblin lair with our Dollar Store swords and armor to take back the plastic coins stolen from us by the goblins. You see, we've built forts for heroes (us) and created dark blanket caves as a lair for goblins (usually pillows). It must have sounded like a promising read, I think because of her love/hate relationship with goblins. The very idea of reading this book had Emma racing to finish her math and grammar homework, so that we could get to reading time. * * * Read and reviewed with my niece Emma * * *
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