The Rainbow Hunters - excerpt

The journey that leads us to our dreams is what helps bring the change in us.

— Oliver Goldsmith

To Antonella, Angelo, and Aiona, my little rainbow hunters.

— A.F. To Niki, my dog and favorite treasure hunter.

— M.T.

The Rainbow Hunters Text copyright © 2022 by Andrea Farotto Illustration copyright © 2022 by Martina Tonello Copyright © Milky Way Picture Books All rights reserved.

Editorial and art direction by Nadine Robert Copy editing by Nick Frost Book design by Jolin Masson The illustrations in this book were created digitally.

This book was typeset in Mallory.

This edition published in 2022 by Milky Way Picture Books, an imprint of Comme des géants inc. Varennes, Quebec, Canada.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: The rainbow hunters / Andrea Farotto, Martina Tonello.

Names: Farotto, Andrea, author. | Tonello, Martina, illustrator.

Identifiers: Canadiana 20210053798 | ISBN 9781990252068 (hardcover) Classification: LCC PZ7.1.F37 Ra 2022 | DDC j823/.92—dc23 ISBN: 978-1-990252-06-8 Printed and bound in China

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One day, Bill was walking down the street, looking very determined.

“Where are you going?” asked Jyn, who was sitting on her doorstep reading comics.

“I’m going rainbow hunting,” Bill replied.

“Rainbow hunting? Really? You’ll need a butterfly net, then.”

That’s how Jyn joined the adventure.

A few minutes later, Bill and Jyn were walking down the street, both looking very determined.

“Where are you going?” asked Will, who was bouncing on the trampoline in his backyard.

“We’re going rainbow hunting,” Jyn replied.

“Really? You’ll need binoculars, then. And candies for the trip!”

And that’s how Will joined the adventure.

Later on, Bill, Jyn, and Will were walking down the street, all eating candies and looking very... well, you know.

“Where are you going?” asked Liz, who was swinging upside down from the big tree in her garden.

“We’re going rainbow hunting,” Will replied.

“Really? You’ll need a wagon, then.”

“A wagon?” asked Bill. “What for?”

“To carry the treasure back,” said Liz. “There’s a treasure?”

“Of course! There’s always a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.”

And that’s how Liz joined the adventure.

That day, Bill, Jyn, Will, and Liz were walking down the street, rainbow hunting very determinedly.

“First, let’s go east,” said Bill.

But when they arrived, there was no rainbow in sight.

“No luck,” said Will.

“Let’s try going west,” Jyn suggested.

But when they got there, not a single rainbow anywhere.

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