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Summary: Get the book, find the laserdisc...
Review: ...of Japanese guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka. To all who have loved this book (and I am certainly with you!) I can also add that the live concert performance Laserdisc (by Pioneer Artists) is stunning in all of its music, its costumes, and its sets which make extensive use of the images from the book, as well as for example a spectacular rainbow of lights as a main stage piece.After all these years, and I believe it first came out around 1980, it remains among my most treasured videos. Awesome! In fact I'd seen the disc first, then bought the book for my niece (and myself!) and it is just terrific. Unfortunately that concert has never been re-released and thus remains a relic of a technology now past (DVD has supplanted LD as the collector medium of choice).
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Summary: It has vibrated in my memory for at least 14 years!
Review: I first purchased the book at a "sidewalk sale" in a mall in Del Rio, Texas for my grandson, then 4 years old. It was difficult to give it up and send it to him in Nevada, because it spoke so deeply to me, the colors were so vibrant, it was a story I wanted very much to believe as true. Big people need to believe in rainbows, too. Rusty would read the book to me when I visited him later, and he has since become a superb artist himself. I have "seen" the story everywhere, especially this year in the lush rainbow-fallen-to-earth abundance of an Ohio spring and summer and ached to find my very own copy. I am sitting here with tears running down my face reading that it has affected other people, other adults, as strongly as it did me. Let's do pass it on!!!
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Summary: The fanciful origins of rainbows
Review: It's hard to believe that 15 years have passed since the original publication of The Rainbow Goblins. I read it then and was delighted with the simple yet moving story of the rainbow. How the goblins stole the colors from the rainbow and hwoo the flowers rescued the colors and banished the goblins. But what attracted me the most was the incredibly beautiful illustrations! The vividness of the colors of the goblins and the rainbow have stayed with me all these years. I was delighted to see this book re-issued. I purchased one as a gift for my young cousin who collects childrens books with outstanding illustrations. The Rainbow Goblins is a book that can be enjoyed by children of all ages, from the young who will love the story of the rainbow, to us older folks who remember seeing rainbows.
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Summary: This book is truly the most beautiful book ever printed.
Review: My father bought this book for me when I was 11 years old and I remember being mezmerized by the beautiful illustrations. Of course I lost my copy years ago and it wasn't until I became pregnant with twins that I went searching for this unusual book. When I found it again I started to cry because - I was so thankful that I would be able to secure a copy for each of my children to enjoy for years to come. My children are 15 months old and they love the pictures and I can truly say that this is a book that will capture the imagination of children of all ages.
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Summary: Unforgettable!
Review: My mother bought me this book when it first came out, years ago. It was my favorite book of all time, and someone borrowed it and never brought it back which was very sad. Many years later, I was telling someone about it - about how I had been so influenced by the illustrations in it and the great story, and i decided to have a look to see if it could be found. I was soooo happy, i bought a copy for my niece right away. But when I got a copy for my own birthday, boy - that was something else. It still moves me, and I really enjoy paging through it. It is beautiful. Share it with someone you love.
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Summary: Transported back to childhood...
Review: My mother read this book to me as a child. I thought the book was lost long ago. Last night, unpacking boxes, I discovered it. My husband sat down and read it to me while I cried, lost in memory.
This is truly a beautiful book, with exquisite paintings, and a wonderful story... one of those stories that teaches why things are the way they are (like How the Elephant got it's trunk, or other similar fables). A story of nature triumphing over greed. Honestly though, it was never about the story for me. It was about the beautiful paintings the books contains, their vivid colors, and the details contained therein. I will be buying a copy for each of my children, so that they can enjoy this wonderful book throughout their lives, just like I did.
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Summary: This picture book is worth a billion words.
Review: My seven year old nephew and two year old niece don't like very many of the same things. But both were silent and wide-eyed when I sat down to read the Rainbow Goblins to them. The story is an unexceptional fairy tale about goblins who drink color and thus thirst to capture the rainbow. But the book's real payoff comes in the pictures, which are breathtaking. de Rico's majestic, sweeping landscapes; raging storms; and of course, his brilliant rainbow, all dazzle the eyes of infants and uncles alike. If your children are still at the age where they prefer looking at the pictures to hearing the story, you should invest in this book
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Summary: Rainbow Goblins
Review: PARENTS BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although the story is a bit formulaic, the pictures are beautifully done...
that is until you realize what two of the goblins are doing to each other as the story progresses. This Ul De Rico has no business in children's literature. I think you will agree if you check out this book and what the yellow and red goblins are engaged in in some of the illustrations.
As a parent and illustrator, all I can say is SHAMEFUL!
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Summary: The Rainbow Goblins meet their match in Rainbow Valley
Review: There once was a land that lived in fear of the seven Rainbow Goblins. Each had its own color, which was also its name, and they were led by Yellow, who was their chief because he was the craftiest. The goblins were feared because they lived on color and scoured the land looking for rainbows. Whenever they saw one they would catch it in their lassoes and suck the colors out of it so that they could fill their bellies with the bright liquids. However, one day the Rainbow Goblins came to a hidden paradise called the Valley of the Rainbow, the one place in all the land that did not fear the goblins. The story of "The Rainbow Goblins" and the oil paintings on oak panels that illustrate the story, are the work of Count Ulderico Gropplero di Troppenburg (a.k.a. Ul de Rico). "The Rainbow Goblins" is a story about the arrogance of evil and the power of nature, while the artwork would remind you of Renaissance artwork if it were not for the bright colors put into most of the paintings. "Time" described "The Rainbow Goblins" as a fairy tale that might have been told by the Brothers Grimm and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci, a comment that will not mean a lot to the younger readers that will fall in love with this exquisite book, but it will give the rest of us something to think about.
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Summary: A Must-Have for children of ALL ages!
Review: Today, I called my grown daughter in MI and her first words to me were "The Rainbow Goblins is in print again"! Oh, the memories of reading that book from the public library over and over. I not only bought copies for my children, but for friends' children and my grandson as well. This is a beautifully illustrated book with a wonderful story. I hope you make memories as blissful as mine while reading it to a child you love.
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