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Everyone knows rainbows look magical, but how do they work?

You'll find out when you join the Rainbow Patrol. Rainbow expert Roy G. Biv will guide you back in time to learn the importance of rainbows in ancient cultures. You'll go inside a raindrop to discover how light bends to create the rainbow's dazzling colors. Finally, you'll return home and learn how to make your own rainbow!

You'll become a real rainbow expert as noted astronomer E.C. Krupp and artist Robin Rector Krupp combine fascinating facts with dazzling illustrations to reveal the secrets of the rainbow. The creators of The Big Dipper and You bring their celestial know-how a little closer to earth in this entertaining introduction to our most colorful natural wonder.

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The enthusiasm that lights up the Krupps' previous science books The Moon and You, 1993, etc.) shines in this busy disquisition on rainbows. The author discusses the conditions (unique to Earth) necessary for rainbows; what exactly we are seeing in the lawn sprinkler or up in the clearing sky; Isaac Newton's demonstration that the rainbow's colors are contained in natural light; and even some of the rainbows in mythology. The illustrator creates a multi-hued leprechaun dubbed with the old mnemonic Roy G. Biv to guard that nonexistent pot of gold, and to act as a sort of teacher's assistant. Skipping as it does over so much territory, this refreshing break from the many conventional treatments of the subject is more a consciousness-raiser than a book of specific facts or projects for young experimenters. Picture book/nonfiction. 6-8) Kirkus Reviews Through readable text and dazzling illustrations, the Krupps explore this meteorological phenomenon. As in The Big Dipper and You (Morrow, 1999) and The Moon and You (Macmillan, 1993), the highly pictorial format belies a scientifically oriented text. Using Roy G. Biv (a leprechaunlike elf in yellow slicker, blue overalls, rainbow-colored boots, and with matching whiskers) as a helpmate, the author includes a brief assortment of global rainbow myths and legends as well as an explanation of the mechanics of the physics behind the glowing arc of colors. The clear text gives clues to searching for rainbows and rainbow colors in unlikely places, and instructs readers to make scientific observations when they occur. Isaac Newton's experiments with prisms are included, but earlier experiments by Theodoric of Freiburg are not; nor areghostly moonbows, rare fogbows, and ground-hugging dewbows. Still, this is a brilliantly rainbow-hued, tightly focused investigation of these seemingly miraculous spectacles that inspire wonder and delight in all who view them. Aficionados should also check out Stephan Kramer's intriguing Theodoric's Rainbow (Scientific American, 1995). School Library Journal The Krupps offer a delightful picture-book study of rainbows without undercutting the magic or the beauty of the phenomenon....Isaac Newton's explication of the rainbow...and the way to make a rainbow with a garden hose are just some of the intriguing tidbits the Krupps supply in engaging and effortless style... -- Booklist

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