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March and April are a muddy, rainy time here in Southern Ontario. The dry, sunny scenes filled with colourful flowers that you see in the media or in stock photos do happen here, but not until May and June after the ground has firmed up and the plants have actually had a chance to, you know, grow.
If you arrive any earlier in the year than that, pack rain boots and do not plan any outdoor picnics. What I like about this time of year, other than the slowly warming days and longer hours of sunshine, are the rainbows.
When you get a lot of thunderstorms and rainstorms, this generally also means you’ll see your fair share of rainbows as well.
So rainbows are my interpretation of the springy cover theme this week. Here are ten picture books that feature rainbows on their covers. As I tend to prefer real rainbows to drawings of them, I’m including a real rainbow in this post and links to the rainbow book covers below.
1. A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
2. The Rainbow Goblins by Ul De Rico
3. Sky Fire by Frank Asch
4. Ava and the Rainbow by Ged Adamson
5. The End of the Rainbow by Liza Donnelly
6. Elmer and the Rainbow by David McKee
7. Storytime: The Greedy Rainbow by Susan Chandler
8. The Rainbow Weaver by Lyndsay Russell
9. The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow by Sean Callahan
10. Rainbow Rider by Jane Yolen
It does surprise me that some of our plants are peeking out of the ground already, but it will probably be the end of April before they are in their “full” bloom. Rainbows are a great way to celebrate spring this week. 🙂
I’m glad you think so. 🙂
I didn’t realise that about Canada. How lucky that you get to see so many rainbows!
Thank you. Yeah, it’s fun!
I like it that you get to experience the beauty of rainbows so often! Thank you for this novel list of books.
You’re welcome. And thanks, Deb. 🙂
I remember really loving Elmer as a kid, I think it was all the colours. Great tweak to the topic!
Thanks. 🙂
I’ve had some tulips and such that grew out the last week and it froze last night. Sigh. I wish winter would just let go!! It’s either cold or raining. We had flooding over the weekend. Ohio has the most insane weather lol. Rainbows are perfect for Spring!
Oh, what a shame. Yeah, Ohio’s weather is pretty similar to Toronto’s. Wild stuff.
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Oh wow, that’s a nice fun fact about Southern Ontario! How beautiful that must be to see so often 🙂 That double rainbow picture is stunning too. Great choice for the topic today!
You’re welcome. Yes, it’s lovely. 🙂
Lovely choice for this week’s theme. Southern Ontario sounds similar to the UK! Wet and muddy, except ours tends to last most of the year 🤭 Thanks for visiting my blog https://damppebbles.com/2025/04/08/toptentuesday-8th-april-2025/
Thank you. Wow, you get a lot of rain!
I like your approach! It’s a stormy time of year here, too, but our storms are rather violent.
Spring storms can be violent for sure! and thanks.
It really has been so muddy and gross out in Southern Ontario, and today is snowing again and so cold, how annoying! Love your rainbow-y interpretation and the Rainbow Goblins sounds like such a fun picture book!
Thank you. Yeah, today is cold and wet for sure.
I do love a good rainbow! And it’s sometimes crazy to me how different parts of the world are. My seedlings spent the night outside for the first time last night because our low was 62F! And they seemed so happy this morning. They grow up so fast, eh? 😀 Hope the warm, dry weather (and flowers!) arrive soon.
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Oh, wow! That’s incredibly. And thanks. 🙂
What a great idea, Lydia. I love the look of all those covers and saved a few to my shelf to read to my grandkids. I am also in Southern Ontario and am looking forward to seeing some flowers soon.
Thank you. Hope we get some flowers soon!
I love that you went with a rainbow theme for this week’s TTT! Very fun. 😀
Thanks. 🙂
Love rainbows, a great take on this week’s topic! 🙂
Thank you!
Great topic. I love rainbows. They are so pretty.
Thank you. Yes, they’re gorgeous.
It’s always a wonderful thing to see a rainbow; even better is the rare double rainbow.
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For sure!
I love that you picked rainbows for today! We had snow yesterday, it melted off, then snowed again last night, and melted off again today. I am with you, it doesn’t quite feel like spring yet.
Thank you. Hope you get some nice spring weather soon.
I do wish I had more chances to see rainbows
Fingers crossed for you! I’d share some of ours if I could.
I love a good thunderstorm! And I think flipping this to be about rainbows is a great idea.
Aren’t thunderstorms great? And thanks.
Nice list! I love rainbows, especially in springtime. How fun to see the Rainbow Goblins on your list! My son loved that book when he was little, and we read it a lot. I wonder if our old copy is still in our house…
Aww, adorable. Hope you can find it.
We had a double rainbow today. Rainbows never stop being amazing.
Yay! That’s awesome.
Rainbows are the epitome of Spring, great idea:-)
For sure. 🙂
Rainbows are a great sign of spring, but I usually forget to include them in my cover picks! Wonderful list. 🙂
They’re easy to overlook, I think. And thanks.
I don’t know how you do it, but you always spin a topic in your own way and make it super cool and original 😍 I love this whole list and I’ll be sure to check out some of the books 🌈
Aww, thanks, Jane!
Love your rainbow themed post.. we see a lot of rainbows in our area too.. or at least, I like to think so! And if I can, I stop for a while to see it, and snap a pic too
Thank you. it’s so fun to get photos of rainbows!
What a lovely selection! I don’t think anyone did a similar topic, but it really is perfect for spring.
Thank you. No, I don’t think anyone else picked this theme.
What a fun cover theme! Perfection!
Thanks. 🙂
I love that you went with rainbows. They are some of my favorite things!
Oh, awesome!
Oh rainbows is a great interpretation of spring 😀
Thanks. 🙂