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    The Rainbow Children
    The Rainbow Children
    The Rainbow Children
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    The Rainbow Children

    By Laurel Lamperd

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    Jenny, a lonely child, is staying with her Great Aunt Gwendoline during the school holidays. Aunt Gwendoline is a children's author and illustrator. Her aunt is illustrating her new children's book, The Rainbow Children. Jenny's imagination takes her into the characters in the book. They discover an echidna named Edna whose home is threatened by a bulldozer clearing the bush for a new road. Jenny helps her aunt write the book about The Rainbow Children.
    There are six other stories in the book. In Beware of the docodile, Sam is a budding author and Emma finds courage to get help for her aunt and brother who are suffering from food poisoning.
    William, in The Boy Who Told Fibs, learns it doesn't pay not to tell the truth.
    The seven stories are suitable for children 4 - 8.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaurel Lamperd
    Release dateNov 9, 2011
    ISBN9781465836526
    The Rainbow Children
    Author

    Laurel Lamperd

    I write poetry, short stories and novels. My books are published in print and download.I live on the south coast of Western Australia in a small seaside town. Some of my interests are history,watching the ballet, reading and gardening, not necessarily in that order.

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      The Rainbow Children - Laurel Lamperd

      THE RAINBOW CHILDREN

      By

      Laurel Lamperd

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Laurel Lamperd

      Other books by Laurel Lamperd

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      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Laurel Lamperd

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      THE RAINBOW CHILDREN

      Jenny usually went to Grandma Joan's for the school holidays.

      Grandma Joan was tall and thin and kept her house polished and shining like a new pin.

      Put those toys away, she'd say as soon as Jenny finished playing with them. And change out of those good clothes. And. You're late, she said when Jenny was two minutes late for tea. But worst of all, when Jenny wanted to ask the children down the road in to play, Grandma Joan said, Definitely not. Too many children will make a noise and upset the neighbours.

      But one holiday, Jenny went to stay at Great Aunt Gwendoline's house.

      You'd better look out, said Jonathan, who was Jenny's cousin and liked scaring people. Aunt Gwendoline is a witch. She lives in a magic house. She might turn you into a turnip and put you in her stew. He made a face like a clown and ran around with the straw broom used to sweep dead leaves from the path, pretending to be a witch on a broomstick.

      His mother told him if he didn't put the broom back in the garden shed immediately, he wouldn't have an ice-cream when the ice-cream van came around.

      Jenny's mum and dad drove Jenny to Aunt Gwendoline's house which was next to a national park. Aunt Gwendoline is my aunt too, said her father. I used to spend all the school holidays with her. She has a huge mulberry tree growing in her garden. I spent all summer sitting up in the tree, eating mulberries.

      When they arrived, Aunt Gwendoline came tripping down the path to welcome them. She kissed Jenny and Jenny's mother and father. And said how Jenny had grown.

      Aunt Gwendoline didn't look like a witch. She was short and plump, and laughed and joked all the time, but her house looked like a witch's house. It had little passages leading here and there into tiny rooms. Behind the house was the mulberry tree. The mulberries

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