I Am a Rainbow - Hardcover

Parton, Dolly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399247335 ISBN 13: 9780399247330

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 2009

Synopsis

Have you ever been tickled pink? Green with envy? Or just plain blue? Well, it?s good to know that we all have a rainbow of feelings inside.

Beloved music legend Dolly Parton provides children with a fun way to talk about their feelings in this colorful, upbeat picture book. And by understanding their own feelings, they can learn to respect the feelings of others.

I Am a Rainbow will encourage children of all ages to acknowledge their feelings and take control.

About this title

About the Author:

\Dolly Parton is a multiple awardwinning singer, songwriter, film and television actress and producer. She started the Dollywood Foundation, which works with local community sponsors to provide Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to preschool children across America, Canada and the United Kingdom. Her theme park, Dollywood, is one of Tennessee's top tourist attractions. She wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical version of 9 to 5. She lives in Tennessee.

Heather Sheffield lives in Los Angeles, California.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2—This eye-catching picture book is all Dolly: big, bright, and shiny on the outside, sweet as Southern tea on the inside. Through straightforward (and only slightly forced) rhyme, readers are introduced to the idea that colors make up the world around them and can be used to describe their emotional landscape as well. "When I'm tickled PINK,/It means I'm feeling dandy./Everything is great and/As sweet as cotton candy." The comparisons are predictable: red/angry, green/jealous, blue/sad, but suit the intended audience. Parton also encourages empathy ("So remember as you go/from hue to hue/That each and every person/Has feelings too") and self-control ("It's not/always up to you,/The way that you feel./But/how you act,/Is a different deal")—important concepts for this age group. Sheffield's bold, digitally rendered illustrations match the cheery simplicity of the message and the slightly flat, didactic text. This book radiates the author's good intentions and is sure to be appreciated at storytime.—Piper Nyman, Brookmeade Elementary School, Nashville, TN END

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0399247335
• ISBN 13: 9780399247330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Sheffield Heather