We've then made valiant sorties from the fort into the goblin lair with our Dollar Store swords and armor to take back the plastic coins stolen from us by the goblins. You see, we've built forts for heroes (us) and created dark blanket caves as a lair for goblins (usually pillows). It must have sounded like a promising read, I think because of her love/hate relationship with goblins. The very idea of reading this book had Emma racing to finish her math and grammar homework, so that we could get to reading time. The Rainbow is reborn and lifted up the flowers that had saved it, transforming them “into glittering dragonflies and butterflies and splendidly plumed birds”.* * * Read and reviewed with my niece Emma * * * The flowers drain the colors of the Rainbow into their petals, the goblins become tangled in their own lassos, then drown in a deluge of colors. But the roots of flowers above them strain to hear their plans. They hatch a plan to travel to where the rainbows are born. They prowl the valleys and suck the colors out of rainbows. Each goblin lives on the color of his name, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. The colors are marvelous, there are rocks glowing in the setting sun, water illuminated with light, magic sunsets saturating the world with color, stars twinkling in a deep blue sky, beautiful birds, and a rainbow of course. The paintings have a unique vivid look, and also feel very magical and otherworldly. The pictures are oil-on-oak panel paintings. She used the book to introduce lessons in color. I was first introduced to Ul de Rico’s The Rainbow Goblins by an art teacher with a masters degree in gifted education. It’s a fairy tale where good triumphs greediness, but it’s message is subtle. But I wouldn’t show it to young children. I’ve been trying to figure out how to describe it.
I had The Rainbow Goblins book on my desk for several weeks now.
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