Rainbow Hands by Mamta Nainy and Jo Loring-Fisher

Rainbow Hands Children’s Book by Mamta Nainy and Jo Loring-Fisher
Written by Mamta Nainy and illustrated by Jo Loring-Fisher, ‘Rainbow Hands’ is a colourful children’s story book about a young boy who loves to paint his nails. Every time he dips his fingers into the bottles of nail varnish he can find a colour that perfectly suits his mood and feelings that day. Whether it’s matching the bright blue sky or the mossy greens of the garden – there’s magic in those little bottles!
Some days, his father says “What have you done to your nails?” And sometimes he says, “Why don’t you paint on paper instead?” But the little boy loves how colourful his hands look and how he can express himself. This children’s book is a beautiful lesson of embracing your identity and being confident in who you are.
Author: Mamta Nainy
Illustration: Jo Loring-Fisher
Age: 3+ years
32 pages
Printed on FSC certified paper with non petroleum based inks
Award winning children’s book publisher and social enterprise, Lantana Publishing, have a mission to publish inclusive books that are changing the game of publishing, commissioning books that celebrate diversity, equality, and environmental sustainability. In the UK, a third of school children identify as being Black, Asain, or Minority Ethnic (BAME), but yet less than 5% of books are representative of BAME characters. Further to this, less than 2% are authors or book creators represented by British people of colour, even less than this are representative of the LGBTQ+ communities or disabled. Lantana believes that every child deserves to see themselves in the books they read.