Planting a Rainbow

Title: Planting a Rainbow
Author: Lois Ehlert
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
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Publication Date: 1988
Genre: Science & Nature
Audience: Gr. PreK-2
Overview: This is a story of a young child and their mother planting a rainbow of flowers. They start by buying the seeds and bulbs and then wait for spring for their flowers to sprout. Finally in summer they have a beautiful rainbow of flowers.
Activity: An activity for this book is to have children learn the colors of the rainbow. This book can also be used for a science activity when learning about flowers and how they grow.
Reviewer: Katy Ulrich