Feathers Like a Rainbow: An Amazon Indian Tale

by Flora

The birds in the forests surrounding the Amazon River all have dark feathers until they decide to steal some colors from the Hummingbird.

25 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Nikki Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This children's folktale book tells a lesson as well as a folktale of how the birds of the rainforrest got their colors. It tells of how the selfless hummingbird had all of the colors of the rainbow while the selfish birds only got some colors. Although the lesson is not emphasized and the story is mainly about the colors rather than the morals. It is written for younger children with many pictures and larger letters with few sentances on each page. I liked the colors but the story seemed to be incomplete and rushed through to the end. The main point of the story was not very interesting and there was not much detail. However a younger child would enjoy this because it is so simple and the book encourages imagination.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting!