Rhyme you can read aloud
Short stanzas and one idea per spread, written to flow naturally in a caregiver’s voice. Children start finishing the lines themselves by the third read.
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Keely Marie
Keely Marie is a children’s author, psychology student, songwriter, entrepreneur and autism advocate with a lifelong passion for storytelling. She is the creator of the Rainbow Series, inspired by real childhood experiences and written to help children explore emotions, food and everyday life through color, curiosity and meaningful conversation.
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About Keely
Author, advocate, songwriter and entrepreneur — the story behind the storyteller.
The Books
Two rhyming picture books, with more titles on the way in the Rainbow Series.
Meet the Friends
The growing circle of characters who travel the rainbow road together.
School Visits
Read-alouds, speaking engagements and bulk orders for classrooms and clinics.
Events
Where the rainbow road has been, and where it's headed next.
Reviews
What families are saying about the Rainbow Series.
Gallery
Photos and video from signings, read-alouds and community events.
Press
Bios, book facts and interview topics for media and press.
Contact
Reach out for school visits, bulk orders, media or just to say hello.
The idea behind the series
One rainbow road. Two of childhood’s hardest conversations.
Children feel enormous things long before they have words for them, and they meet unfamiliar food long before they feel safe with it. The Rainbow Series gives families a shared, colorful language for both.
Each book follows the same three friends down the same rainbow road, color by color. Book one names feelings. Book two explores foods. Neither one asks a child to be anything other than exactly where they are.
Curiosity, never pressure
No forcing, no bribing, no clean-plate lesson. Feelings are allowed to pass on their own, and a child is allowed to say “not yet” and still be the hero of the story.
Written for every child
Inspired by real family life and shaped by psychology studies, the series was made to be inclusive of every child, every family and every background.
Book one
If My Feelings Were the Colors of Rainbow
“It’s okay to feel your feelings, as they come and as they go.”
Red might feel mad. Green might feel sick. Blue is the color we feel when we are coping. A colorful, unhurried way to give a child language for what is happening inside them.
Book two
If Our Foods Were the Colors of Rainbow
“Sometimes bravery starts with a taste, even if we make a silly face.”
The same three friends, the same road — this time through strawberries and salsa, avocados and edamame, pretzels and blueberry pancakes. Mealtime as an adventure instead of a test.
From readers
What families are saying.
★★★★★
Color Me Impressed
Cute, fun, well-written and beautifully illustrated. It helps kids understand and appreciate their feelings in a new way, by connecting them to the colors they see every day.
★★★★★
Great book for your little one
It explains colors and feelings very well and the illustrations are beautiful. My son has SPD, and being able to put a color to a feeling helps him tell me how he feels.
★★★★★
Real wisdom
This book is for all ages. I absolutely love it and am going to cherish it as a keepsake for future generations.
Free for your home or classroom
The Rainbow Printables Pack
A free set of printables that turn both books into something a child can hold, color and come back to.
- A feelings color wheel for naming today’s feeling
- A rainbow chart for checking off new foods tasted
- Read-aloud conversation starters for every color
- A one-page guide for teachers and therapists
Out in the world
The rainbow road, off the page.
Signings, readings and the Cocoa Classics fishing rodeo in Cocodrie, Louisiana — a look at the Rainbow Series meeting its readers.
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For schools, clinics and libraries
Bring the rainbow road to your classroom.
Keely visits schools and community groups for read-alouds and color activities, and offers bulk pricing for classroom sets, waiting-room libraries and clinics.
“The rainbow feels like hope. Feels like following your dreams.”
More books in the Rainbow Series are on the way. Join the list and you’ll hear about the next one first.