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Planting a Rainbow [Paperback]

Lois Ehlert
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)

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Book Description

February 28, 1992 4 - 8 years170L (What's this?)
This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. “The stylized representations of flower species are labeled throughout, allowing young children to get an idea of how each flower type contributes to the rainbow effect.”--Booklist

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

With her characteristically vibrant artwork, Ehlert depicts the planting of a family garden. Ages 3-7.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1 Planting a Rainbow , a companion to Ehlert's Growing Vegetable Soup (HBJ, 1987), is a dazzling celebration of the colorful variety in a flower garden and the cyclical excitement of gardening. A young child relates in ten simple sentences the yearly cycle and process of planning, planting, and picking flowers in a garden. Mother and child plant bulbs in fall, order seeds from catalogs in winter, eagerly anticipate the first shoots of spring, select seedlings in summer, ``and watch the rainbow grow,'' reveling in the opulence of color. The power of this book lies in the glowing brilliance and bold abstraction of the double-page collages. Ehlert combines simple, stylized shapes of flat, high intensity color into abstract yet readily identifiable images of plants and flowers while clearly and colorfully labeling each plant on an adjacent garden marker. Children will especially delight in the six pages of varying width depicting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow. A celebration of the garden, the power of shape and color, and the harmony of text and image in a picture book. Pamela Miller Ness, The Fenn School, Concord, Mass.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  • Paperback: 40 pages
  • Publisher: Sandpiper; Reprint edition (February 28, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0152626107
  • ISBN-13: 978-0152626105
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

LOIS EHLERT has created many picture books, including Leaf Man, Pie in the Sky, In My World, Growing Vegetable Soup, Planting a Rainbow, and the bestselling Waiting for Wings. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Customer Reviews

My son has loved this book since he was 1 year old and is now 2. S. Meldrum  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
I love the vibrant colors in this book. Friedman  |  11 reviewers made a similar statement
The photos are great and the book in very informative! MMVargas  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Planting A Rainbow April 8, 2000
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
My son and I BOTH loved this book. It was both fun to read and informative. The pictures were brilliant with color and seemed to bounce off the page. Every color of the rainbow was represented. After we finished reading the book, my son wanted to plant his own rainbow. It awakened his curiousity.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Clever Book! November 11, 2003
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
My 3 year old daughter loves this book! We borrowed it from our local library, read it 2-3 times daily, and had great trauma returning it. It has now been a month since it went back and she is still talking about it and has it on her christmas list. She has impressed the neighbors by asking if they had any morning glories or delphiniums and she was eager to help me plant my bulbs and explore all the flowers in our yard. She has always been a flower lover, but this book really stimulated her interest.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars New book format--same wonderful story March 12, 2008
Format:Board book
"Every year Mom and I plant a rainbow." Thus begins this wonderful children's classic, Planting a Rainbow.

With its vibrant, full-page, cut paper (or the look of) illustrations, author Lois Ehlert demonstrates in simple text the flower gardening process. The magic of this book is in the illustrations. Though they are simple, the different bulbs, seeds, seedlings, sprouts and plants are highly recognizable. It is as if she was able to zero in on the one defining characteristic of the various living things and put that to page.

My four-year-old son loves the format of this lap-sized board book. It is sturdy enough for even him to haul around and suffer his abuse and big enough to be like the big kid books that don't fare so well under his watch. He loves the color and the varying sized pages.

Mom is most enamored with the teaching nature of the illustrations. I love how each plant is identifiable and labeled on every page. I appreciate the teaching of seasons and the time various gardening activities take place. As it is currently February and dreary, I'm also appreciative of the hope and color of spring when my own bulbs will sprout and I can dig in the dirt to plant my seedlings.

I think it was a great decision to reprint this book in the lap-sized board book version and I know my family will enjoy it for years to come.

Armchair Interviews says: Good read for the little ones-and Moms, too.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Planting flowers, learning colours, and loving nature
I absolutely adore this book ... and you know what, my 3-year-old who "reads" much more complex books, loves it too. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Alice B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Get Inspired to Plant a Rainbow with Your Children
Planting a Rainbow is one of our favorite planting books. We use it every year to kick off the spring planting season.The children love Ehlert's bright, bold and colorful artwork. Read more
Published 23 days ago by jeannine: waddleeahchaa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great colors!
I'm excited to use this book to teach my 3 year old about different flowers and how they grow! The photos are great and the book in very informative!
Published 1 month ago by MMVargas
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures!
I love Ehlert's images - they are so colorful and fun. It is a great way to learn new words.
Published 5 months ago by Anne Temple
5.0 out of 5 stars Colors
Great colors and easy for little fingers to turn pages. My niece thinks these books are great! Great gift for kids.
Published 6 months ago by Sk
3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, but didn't really capture their attention
I like this book if only because I might use it as a guideline to buy and plant certain flowers. It's very nicely illustrated but I can't say that it was of much interest to two... Read more
Published 6 months ago by H. Phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars Treasure of color
In board book format, this is a colorful and informative gift book for young children. The concept of "planting a rainbow" can be translated into other aspects of life as well!
Published 8 months ago by Library Lady - CA
4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful looking book
My preschool children particularly enjoy looking at this book during independent reading. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful. Read more
Published 11 months ago by inferiordecorator
5.0 out of 5 stars Planting a Rainbow
This is a delightful book and children love the bold colorful pictures of flowers. The book shows bulbs,seeds and plants growing into a rainbow of colorful blooms in a family... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Maryliz
5.0 out of 5 stars Planting a Rainbow
The children in my Pre k class loved the story and we did a lot exploring with plants and talking about colors.
Published 15 months ago by sarah
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