Let's Paint a Rainbow

by Eric Carle

The author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar teaches preschoolers how to count by two's and how to recognize eight colors, as each die-cut page of an interactive book reveals the painter's exotic rainbow cat.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Mathematics

12 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.

Reviews

[Sherry Scheline]

I love Eric Carle and the book is cute. It does not get a positive review from me though because of the identification of colors. I read the book with a multi-age group of children and the book simply has to many things to pick apart. Pink and Brown are not colors of the rainbow. Purple is not either, but you can at least explain that one away. Cute book but not that great for teaching "rainbow colors."

[Taylor Armey]

The illustrations in this book are beautiful. Eric Carle is helping children learn their colors as well as how to count. He is showing them the order of the colors in the rainbow by painting them up to two at a time. All throughout the book I also like the little mouse on each page and then the cat at the end with the rainbow tail.

[Sean Harding]

Another beautifully illustrated simple book from Carle who is a master at his craft, and deserves to be recognised for far more than a caterpillar with a voracious appetite.
I salute you sir!
Assignment Eric Carle - 19/80

[Canette Arille]

A rhyming story for children. It talks about how to draw a rainbow. So one by one it is painted. But
this is not a typical rainbow, because are also colors, that you will not find in a rainbow in the sky.
Children can learn to read, recognize colors, and count.

[Ethan & Isaac]

I'll be honest this is the weirdest rainbow

[Nicole]

shows the mixing of colors and brown isn't left out of the rainbow!

[Courtney]

Colors are not in rainbow order... ROYGBIV???

[Emily]

For a simple book, it took me a surprisingly long time to figure this one out!

[Krista]

A fun story that teaches colors and promotes creativity/art!

[Jaylin Brooks]

Painters are painting a rainbow, stripe by stripe

[Cassi]

pre-k or beginning of kindergarten-- review of colors and numbers.