Synopsis of ‘The Rainbow Blots’:
Mummy Rainbow lowers down her Rainbow Blots at the start of the day. The Blots are introduced, and children are invited to turn the page and watch them play. There is a double spread for each of the seven Rainbow Blot characters featuring e.g. Red Blot playing with a red rose, red cherries, red strawberries and a red car. The Blots then all play together and children are invited to remember and recite the rainbow colours again.
The Blots have a ‘special trick that they can do.’ They can transform into different shapes so there is a fun page where they transform into their favourite thing.
The book also teaches that Mummy Rainbow appears when there is sun and rain at the same time. Mummy Rainbow reappears near the end, praises her Blots and then sends down her ladder for the Blots to come tiredly home to bed. The last page shows them asleep in their beds.
“I started off by teaching my own children the correct colours of the rainbow, and then decided I could create something to spread this as far and wide as possible,” explains the author. “The book is highly interactive and encourages young readers to join the Blots on their day and play alongside them. There really is nothing else like it out there.”
Continuing, “But the best bit is that I’ve composed a standalone nursery rhyme song – it’s so catchy and upbeat – and my hope is for this to become the standard song when “singing the rainbow”. It’s titled 'Do You Know The Colours Of The Rainbow?’. I’m currently in the process of getting the song translated into British and American sign language, so everyone is included. And my latest exciting announcement is a 2D animation of the song with moving backgrounds, moving characters and keyboard/vocal tracks to bring the entire thing to life. It’s just been released!”
‘The Rainbow Blots’ is available now:
Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/
Hear the song at: https://youtu.be/6WRtol7y6vw
About the author, in her own words:
I’m Carlie and I live in Cheshire in England. As my children discovered the magic of books, I discovered the joy of writing stories for them to read. I have written several picture books and am currently writing my first chapter book.
I am delighted to publish ‘The Rainbow Blots’, which is part of The Rainbow Blots series.
My rainbow song is written in rhyme and teaches children the correct colours of the rainbow in the correct order. I do hope you enjoy it! The video of my song features the Rainbow Blots characters and is on my YouTube channel.
I am a chartered accountant by trade (ACA), with a Philosophy degree from Cambridge University and I obtained an MMus in Performance Practice whilst studying piano at Trinity College of Music in London. I have sung with the BBC Symphony Chorus, the London Philharmonic Choir and Barts Choir in London as well as singing in Christ’s College Chapel Choir, whilst an undergraduate.
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