Read the Rainbow Reading Challenge

Spring is around the corner and it’s a great time for a rainbow reading challenge. Whether you want to do this challenge in the classroom or send it home for families, young children will enjoy listening and reading books.

Rainbow Reading Challenge

The Nuts and Bolts of the Challenge

This is pretty easy!  Read a book each day for a week that has a color word in the title or the cover of the book is the designated color of the day. We have a FREE booklist and challenge sheet for you below towards the bottom of the post.

Day 1- Books About Rainbows

Day 2- Red Day

Day 3- Orange Day

Day 4- Yellow Day

Day 5- Green Day

Day 6- Blue Day

Day 7- Indigo and Violet Day

See…easy peasy!  You can share the books you enjoy with kids on social media and use the hashtag #ReadtheRainbowChallenge and/or track your progress on the free printable (see the green download button towards the bottom of this post to download.)

Book Ideas

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Now for the fun part.  Here is some book inspiration to get you started.

Though this challenge can be adapted for all ages, the books I’ve included below fit well for young children.

Rainbow

Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell

End of the Rainbow Fruit Salad by Welsh, Moore, and Puzniak

A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

My Color is Rainbow by Agnes Hsu

How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow by Monica Sweeney

Red

Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

The Red Lemon by Bob Staake

Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall

Orange

Orange Pear Apple Bear by  Emily Gravett

The Big Orange Splot by D. Manus Pinkwater

Each Orange Had Eight Slices by Paul Giganti Jr.

An Orange for Frankie by Patrica Polacco (a good one for elementary)

Yellow

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni- Try this sensory writing tray for Little Blue and Little Yellow too.

Purple, Green, and Yellow by Robert Munsch

Blue vs Yellow by Tom Sullivan

Green

Green Pants by Kenneth Kraegel

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberly

Green is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Greenfield Thong

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Blue

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Jamaica’s Blue Marker by Juanita Havill

Indigo/Violet (or Purple)

Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson

Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

*Early chapter book readers may enjoy The Rainbow Series by Daisy Meadows.

Grab Your Rainbow Challenge Sheet FREE Printable

Use this book list and challenge sheet to find and record the books you enjoy and track your progress.  Celebrate with a rainbow fruit salad on the last day. Just click the green “Click Here to Get Your Free Printable” button below, enter your email, and it will be sent to you right away to download. Or CLICK HERE.

 

Share your reading pictures on Twitter or Instagram and use the hashtag #ReadtheRainbowChallenge. We’d love to see the books you are enjoying.

Happy Reading!

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