A Rainbow of Friends

A Rainbow of Friends is written and illustrated by P.K. Hallinan.

Multicultural Picture Book

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

3 out of 5

All friends are special and should be valued no matter their differences.

I think that this book was fairly okay. The plot was not very exciting but because it had a good moral to the story I still liked it. I think that it was good to read because it is important to remember how special each and everyone of my friends are and to appreciate their differences. It was an easy and fairly fun read because it is written in verse with many rhyming lines. This book had several examples of multicultural topics, such as, clothing, personality, intelligence, views, interests, etc. I like that it gave many examples of differences people can have but said that everyone should me treated like they are not different and all loved. I also liked that the characters were drawn to represent several different ethnic and racial backgrounds as well as different traits like hair color, body type, etc.


This book would be a good addition to the classroom because it teaches a lesson that all students need to remember and practice. It teaches about several differences that people may have. However, it does not teach about all the differences. Therefore, a fun activity to do would be to have each student make a book about their friends and their friends differences and why the appreciate these differences.