The Rainbow and You (Non Fiction)

Rainbow and You is a non-fiction book by E.C. Krupp. This Book discusses many aspects of rainbows including how they are formed, what we are actually looking at when we see a rainbow, and even how rainbows are interpreted in different cultures. A rainbow has many components and most of discussed in this book. When reading this book students learn how Isaac Newton explained a rainbow by using a prism that helps to bend light and create color. The colors found in a rainbow can be remembered through the acronym Roy G Biv. Roy G Biv is the narrator of the story and is used to help students create a visual memory of the colors found in the rainbow. Also mentioned in this books are some “rainbow rules” including that a rainbow must always be opposite the sun, the lower the light the higher the rainbow, fewer rainbows are found in the winter because raindrops tend to freeze.

This book is a great opportunity to tie literature to different subjects. This book discusses the different types of meanings that rainbows have all over the world. A way to connect this to literature would be to have students research a specific culture and how they interpret rainbows and the write up a paper that explains each culture's interpretation of meaning. Another subject you could cross tie using this book would be science. You could challenge students to observe a rainbow and practice writing scientific observations and recording what they witness. Lastly, a final way to incorporate this book into the classroom would be for ask a student write about an experience where they have witnessed a rainbow, Where were you? What did it look like? What did the sky look like? How did you find this rainbow? etc.