How to Find a Rainbow

Reena hates rainy days. Her younger sister Rekha disagrees, she loves rainy days and wants to persuade Reena to change her mind. She thinks showing her artistic sister a rainbow would make all the difference. She would surely love to paint it. Unfortunately, when she spots a rainbow and tries to take her sister to see it, the rainbow has disappeared.

The two sisters decide to go rainbow hunting. After lots of searching and some hard thinking they work out the ingredients which work together to create rainbows and which way to look in the sky to spot them.

How to Find a Rainbow is a warm story about showing someone you love the beauty they may be missing in the world around them. The soft and muted illustrations are appealing, though the two characters sometimes become lost in the predominantly green landscapes. However, the colours of the rainbow, when it is finally discovered, stand out and young readers will enjoy naming the colours.

This is the first of a planned series of Reena and Rekha stories exploring scientific themes.

The back of the book includes a little more scientific information about rainbows and instructions for making your own rainbow at home on a sunny day, even if it is not raining.