if you read my post for james franco's "palo alto", you know that reading that book was a big waste of my time. however, i am not that bitter because it brought some great children's books in my life. one of the characters served his community service hours at the library and he spent his hours reading children's books. one of the books mentioned was "the rainbow goblins", a book i had never heard of, so i checked it out.
"the rainbow goblins" is a story about goblins that drain the colors from the rainbow. the goblins lassoed the rainbow and drank the color. they heard about a magical land called the valley of the rainbow where the rainbow touches ground so they devised a plan to travel there and steal the colors from the rainbows. luckily the roots of the flowers overheard their plan and warned the rainbow.
the next day the rainbow appeared and when the goblins attempted to lasso the rainbow, it disappeared. the goblins become tangled and trapped in their lassos. then, the flowers having absorbed the rainbow then drown the goblins with the colors. gruesome but a potent and ironic ending for them.
as a reward for their help, the rainbow turned the flowers into birds and butterflies.
the rainbow also learned its lesson and no longer touches the round.
the pictures are beautiful and pretty high brow for a children's books. here are a couple of my favorites:
this is one of the goblins dreaming of drinking the rainbow.
i will admit that goblins are scary but shouldn't they be? but a wonderful
story to explain why we can never find the end of the rainbow.
Hello ,
ReplyDeleteI have a oversized version of this book.My children now adults have no interest and now I am left with cleaning the attic.How would you suggest selling such a book? It is slightly damaged on the corners.
Thank you
theresa