Rainbow Rob

by Roger Priddy

A heart-warming tale of a penguin who learns to love being himself. • Fun, whimsical story and characters • Features fun text to read and listen to • Bright, cartoon-like artwork • Touch and feel fabrics integrated into artwork on each page

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

20 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Roger Priddy (b. 1960) is the creator of Priddy Books, which publishes books for babies and young children. Priddy Books is a division of Macmillan Publishers and books published by the imprint have won several Practical Pre-School Awards.

Reviews

[Taylor Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such an amazing book for young children. It has all of the elements of an good children's book: good illustrations, things to touch, rhyming, and a valuable message. This book is about a penguin, named Rainbow Rob, who is tired of being black and white. He thinks of himself as boring. So Rob goes on a quest to find out who he'd like to be instead. At the end, Rob realizes that being himself is the best person he could possibly be! I love, love, love this message for young, impressionable children. My daughters and I read this book constantly when they were young.

(Toddler book)

[allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Title Rainbow Rob
Author/Illustrator Roger Priddy
Publisher Priddy Books
Date of Publication 2006
Number of Pages in Book 20
Genre Animal Fantasy

Rainbow Rob follows a penguin named Rob who learns the colors of the rainbow and how to love being himself.

Rainbow Rob is a fun story that teaches the reader the colors of the rainbow. On each page, there is a different touch and feel fabric for the reader to explore. Rainbow Rob includes cute illustrations of Rob learning to love himself. This book is good for children of all ages who love animals and colors.

[Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent childrens' board book for toddlers and preschoolers. My young school age kids still enjoy reading it, too. Not only does it have an excellent story told in rhyme with perfect rhythm, it also offers an exploration of colors, animals, and textures throughout the pages. At the end, the book offers a perfect message about loving and accepting yourself even if you're different. I highly recommend this one and think it makes a great gift.

[Freddie D · Rating 3 out of 5]

The colours are great, the rhyme is catchy and the little touch-and-feel patches make each page fun.
The overall design is a little cluttered for my taste, but it's an engaging and enjoyable read for toddlers.

[Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my favorite book growing up and I still love it!

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Storytime Theme: Rainbow

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute touch and feel book about learning to appreciate oneself. Message gets a bit muddled but it's cute enough.

[Eliza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grammy read me this one. I needed assistance to touch and feel the pages, as I am two months old. Fell asleep a little in the middle but woke up for the rainbow page.

[crashqueen73 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is colourful and fun and educational.

Rob is a black and white penguin that wishes he could be another colour/ s. He proceeds to "try on" all the other colours. Each page has repetition that really appeals to younger children, as well as examples of that colour being discussed, as well as writing in the colour that will be discovered on the following page. It also discusses being happy with oneself the way you are.

This book would appeal to children between the ages of two and six. It is a fun way to learn about colours. Rob is really quite a likeable character. The little bit of tactile material is an added bonus that would aid in maintaining attention in the very young.

I would recommend this one for the very early grades for teaching colours.

[Jennie · Rating 2 out of 5]

In short: Rob wants to be a color other than black and white. Only he can't because...he's black and white. So being yourself is the way to be.

Doesn't actually make sense when you think about it. Conclusion kinda comes from nowhere. Plus "a yellow lion as strong as iron"? Seriously?

Pretty book though.

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my sons' favorite books. My six year old learned his colors with it. And I love the story of the penguin wanting to look like someone else just to realize at the end that being different is fine.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is far and away Bella's top choice for a book. She will drag it over to me and crawl on my lap.

[Ruth Soz · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Christmas present for Thomas. :) I LOVED rainbows as a kid, so I think this a book I would have really enjoyed.

[Liz Quickel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really great children's book (ages 1 to 4)

[Renia Carsillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Teach even the youngest child the value of individualism. I have this book memeorized because Tristan wanted to hear it every night for almost a year.

[Rebekah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another Logan and Aunt Bekah Book

[Emily Lemmond · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my Luke's favorites. I don't even care that some of the rhyming is a bit off. It's a great book for showing kiddos how to love themselves.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

A self-hating penguin gets over himself, and we get to grope some animals along the way (this is one of those touchy-feely books). We like it, I just wish it were longer.

[Piero · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son's favorite book from 9 months to 3 years. He loved this book and no matter how many times he read it, it was always surprised by the end.

[Suzanne Stockman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is a sweet touch and feel book

[Ashlie Johansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

With touch & feel pages, this is probably one of our favorite books, ever.