Along Came a... Rainbow!

Name: Along Came a... Rainbow!
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781800785458
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A wet and windy weather story

By Saskia Gwinn

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Brief Description

Clouds, rainbows, snowflakes... they all come from somewhere. But how did they get there? Why is a rainbow so colourful? Why is a tornado so swirly? And why is a raindrop shaped like a... hamburger? Along Came a... Rainbow! answers all of these questions about the... Read More

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Along Came a... Rainbow!

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A laugh-out-loud science story all about the weather!

A laugh-out-loud science story all about the weather!

Description

Clouds, rainbows, snowflakes... they all come from somewhere. But how did they get there? Why is a rainbow so colourful? Why is a tornado so swirly? And why is a raindrop shaped like a... hamburger?

Along Came a... Rainbow! answers all of these questions about the weather and many more, in hilarious comic-book style. Featuring a host of colourful characters—from grumpy clouds to friendly fogs—each with their own mini story to tell about exactly how they came along. This book is perfect for young readers who love storybooks, but have lots of questions to answer.

Written by rising star Saskia Gwinn (author of Scientists are Saving the World), and illustrated in rib-tickling style by Paula Bowles (illustrator of Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab), this is a series of laugh-out-loud science stories the whole family can enjoy. Look out for: Along Came a... Burp!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800785458

Publisher: Templar Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Templar Books

Contributors:

Illustrated by Paula Bowles

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 237.0mm

Height: 304.0mm

Weight: 312g

Pages: 48

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Humour Saskia Gwinn

About the Author

Saskia Gwinn (Author)
Saskia Gwinn has spent nearly 20 years carefully crafting beautiful bestselling and award-winning children's books. She has worked as Head of Children's Non-fiction for Bloomsbury Publishing and Editorial Director for Hachette Children's Group. Saskia lives in Hertfordshire with her two boys who hope dinosaurs will one day revisit Earth. Until that happens, she tells them that everything on the planet has an equally exciting story to tell.

Saskia's first non-fiction book, Scientists are Saving the World, was the Bookseller's Association Indie Book of the Month July 2022, selected for The Summer Reading Challenge at Suffolk Libraries 2022, and longlisted for the SLA Information Book Award 2023.

Paula Bowles (Illustrator)
Paula Bowles has worked as an illustrator since she graduated from Falmouth University in 2007, and recently relocated from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare.

Paula's book Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab, published in 2022, won the Portsmouth Picture Book Award 2023. She also won the Lancashire School Library Service Brilliant book Award 2023 for Marv and the Mega Robot. Marv and the Ultimate Superpower was a World Book Day book in 2024. She has been shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2023 and The Alligators Mouth Award 2023. She is also the illustrator of the 'Mazy the Movie Star' picture book series written by Hollywood star Isla Fisher.