How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow

By Monica Sweeney, Feronia Parker-Thomas (Illustrator)

Part of the How the Crayons Saved... series

Crayons unite to restore color to a world gone gray after Sun and Clouds' fallout.

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32 pages· 489 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

When the Sun and Clouds fall out, rainbows vanish, leaving the world colorless. A forgotten box of crayons, each with a unique personality, takes on the challenge to restore vibrancy. Their small efforts go unnoticed, pushing them to create the biggest rainbow ever. Can their bold move mend the friendship and bring back the colors? Discover how teamwork and perseverance can change the world.

From the publisher

The Sun and the Clouds are best friends. Together they keep the world warm, the gardens growing, and the sky full of beautiful rainbows. But one day they get into a fight and refuse to be in the sky together. And that means there are no longer any rainbows. Without rainbows, the colors start disappearing until Earth was left with no color … except for one little forgotten box of crayons in one little school desk. Determined to save the rainbows and fix the Sun and Clouds’ friendship, the crayons draw rainbows all over town. Their attempts go unnoticed. Soon they realize that they’re going to have to do something big to get the attention of the former friends. So, the crayons create the biggest rainbow they can and hope it’s enough to bring color back to the world. How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow teaches the importance of teamwork and perseverance through seven crayons with unique personalities and their desire to see the world in color. Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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