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~ (Author) "Every year Mom and I plant a rainbow..." (more)
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From Publishers Weekly

Every fall "Mom and I plant a rainbow," by carefully placing bulbs in the gardenstiger lilies, yellow daffodils, blue hyacinth and purple iris, among others. And every winter they order seeds from catalogues for zinnias, daisies, marigolds and much more. The bulbs sprout in spring; seedlings are set out. Come summer, it's time to harvest the rainbow-colored crop. Despite a die-cut insert that relates the colors of the spectrum, this new title lacks the fresh approach to the natural cycle of planting, growth and reaping of Ehlert's Growing Vegetable Soup. While still welcome for its bursts of color and well-documented labeling of flowers, this book cannot add to the concept of gardening, precisely because its predecessor was so comprehensive. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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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.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 4-8
  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (April 11, 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0152626093
  • ISBN-13: 978-0152626099
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,078 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Planting A Rainbow, April 8, 2000
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Clever Book!, November 11, 2003
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Great to teach colours and gardening!, July 19, 2009
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My son has loved this book since he was 1 year old and is now 2. The pages are bursting with colourful flowers and the text is short on each page. He always stops at the section where all of the colours are grouped by flowers, for example we have red flowers (and there is a page of red flowers) then orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. A great way to teach him about different colours and the process of gardening!
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5.0 out of 5 stars We learned so much about flowers!
My 3-year-old daughter has loved this book since she was little. We have lots of Lois Ehlert's books and love them all. Read more
Published 15 months ago by JenniferG

4.0 out of 5 stars Gardening and nature
My daughter loves this book and I believe it is partly because we planted some bulbs together in the garden last fall. Read more
Published on January 10, 2007 by little book worm

5.0 out of 5 stars A big hit with my toddler
My 1 1/2 year old loves this book. She even calls it the Rainbow book. I bought it because I am really into gardening and she loves flowers. Read more
Published on September 18, 2006 by Nancy D. Owen

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Colorful.
This book would be perfect for a child who enjoys helping their parent with a garden, or a child mastering their color knowledge. Read more
Published on September 14, 2006 by Cady Hayden

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