If you’re a preschool girl then it’s a Rainbow Ranger world and your parents simply live in it, or occasionally interrupt it to ask you to turn off the TV. Parents like the show because it has nothing but positive themes and young girls will like it because the characters are smart, solve problems and have flying unicorns. If you’re a literary parent then the world of Rainbow Rangers might be new to you the MacKids is out to change all of that. They’ve printed four books that will appeal to children aged one through six.
Rainbow Rangers Rockin Rainbow Colors is the board book entry point. It introduces all of the team members, their hallmark color and their superpower. There are seven team members, plus a Kalia, the person who sends them on their mission and a purple unicorn friend named Floof who goes with them. The exterior of this board book has pictures of each of their heads that allow girls to easily thumb through the book.
Meet the Team is a more advanced book along the lines of the I Can Read series. This book is loaded with sight words and is jammed corner to corner with bright colors. If this were the 80s or 90s, then Rainbow Rangers to the Rescue would have a 45 that kids could play on their record player. It’s the same square size, but in this instance readers will find a Kaleidocom that kids can punch out and wear on their arm just like Rosie Redd.
The Quest for the Confetti Crystal is a hardback illustrated book that concentrates on Floof and his adventures. He’s planning a party, but the Fluttercups want to play, which causes the crystal to slip away on the ice slide that the Dragonflice have made. Some audiences might like this book the best because it has less of a computer generated appearance to it.
See, it’s a vocabulary unto its own; it really is a Rainbow Ranger world. If you’re the parent to a young girl just embrace it, get some books to accompany the television show and channel your inner unicorn.
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