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I Caught a Rainbow

Story by Danielle Chaperon

Art by Nathalie Dion

I Caught a Rainbow Text copyright © 2022 Danielle Chaperon • Illustration copyright © 2022 Nathalie Dion • Copyright © Milky Way Picture Books • All rights reserved. • Translation by Nick Frost and Catherine Ostiguy • Editorial and art direction by Nadine Robert • Book design by Jolin Masson • The illustrations in this book were created digitally. • This edition published in 2022 by Milky Way Picture Books, an imprint of Comme des géants inc. Varennes, Quebec, Canada. • All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior written consent of the publisher or a license The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright license, visit www. accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. • Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication • Title: I caught a rainbow / story by Danielle Chaperon; art by Nathalie Dion; translated

by Nick Frost, Catherine Ostiguy. • Other titles: Te laisser partir. English • Names: Chaperon, Danielle, 1962- author. | Dion, Nathalie, 1964illustrator. | Frost, Nick, translator. | Ostiguy, Catherine, translator.

• Description: Translation of: Te laisser partir. • Identifiers: Canadiana 20220003343 | ISBN 9781990252136 (hardcover) • Classification: LCC PS8555.H398132 T4513 2022 | DDC jC843/.54—dc23

ISBN: 978-1-990252-13-6 Printed and bound in China

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I Caught a Rainbow Story by

Art by

Danielle Chaperon

Nathalie Dion

The other day, I caught a rainbow.

And let me tell you, it wasn’t easy.

I put it in a jar and poked little holes into the lid so it could breathe.

At first, it was restless, so I waited until it calmed down. Eventually, it curled up against the glass and stopped moving.

I became a bit worried.

I thought it might be thirsty,

so I offered it some rainwater to drink.

I thought it might be hungry,

so I gave it a bowl of colorful cereal.

The rainbow gulped it all down.

Then, it smiled. It seemed to like me.

I showed it to my family and they were quite impressed.

A domesticated rainbow is very rare, you know.

The little rainbow was beaming with pride.

It had never received so many compliments before.

That night, my rainbow slept next to me.

And I had the sweetest dreams.

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