“Daddy, tell us a story
about a dog rainbow.”
Another night, it might have been a fish rainbow, a monster
rainbow, or even a bad rainbow.
These stories, about rainbows and fairies and witches and
ghosts and other things, were the few that Edward remembers
from the days when his children were small and appreciated
the magic of fairyland and the lively imagination of their
father. Most of the stories that he told then, including
those of Cartoonland and of the Walking Heads, were told
once and are gone forever. But all of the Rainbow Stories
have survived.
No publisher will accept this anthology. The vocabulary is
for adults and older children, and the concepts are for
young children.
But perhaps the pleasure that Edward’s children felt can be
felt by other people young at heart. There is, however, a
serious message. The Fairy of Good Vision, who appears in
many of the Rainbow Stories, bases her behavior and even her
color on the work of rebel eye doctor William H. Bates,
teaching in “The Happy Rainbow” a visual exercise that helps
prevent young children from acquiring the need for
eyeglasses.
Contents:
Rainbow Stories
The Missing Parrot
The Dog Fairy
The Cat Fairy
Gellen, the Boy Fairy
Liberty Fables
Darren and the Pit
The Good Little Witch
The Turkey Gives Thanks
Take a trip to Fairyland. It’s a lovely place.
109 pages.
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