Issue Twenty-One

Rainbows! May/June 2019 As we strive for simplicity, most of our themes hold to our aesthetic and our mission. But is this possible with RAINBOWS? ALL the chaos of ALL the colors at once? ALL the magic without cliché? ALL the beauty without a bombastic display of color? Because, while I have never met a child who didn’t love rainbows, and rainbows are nature-made, they are almost completely absent from high art and poetry. Rainbows are the kindness inside of the food that nourishes our bodies and spirits. Rainbows remind us that the world is good after a storm. And we can be rainbows for another’s bad weather.    The target audience for each magazine is children ages 3–8, or children who are being read to and/or are just learning to read—but because children are never far from their siblings and caregivers, we created a magazine that can be enjoyed by all ages, from 1 to 100. Thank you for allowing us to bring heartfelt literature and art to children—and adults. Hooray!