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Rainbow Road #7
Christmas Crooks of Rainbow Road
It's Christmas Eve --- on Blake and Breonna's 7th trip to Rainbow Road, they find themselves at the North Pole.Lucky Leprechaun gives Blake the gold coin for Shape-Shifting --- but--- two crooks pick the coin from Blake's pocket and use it to steal all the presents from Santa's Workshop.Can Blake and Breonna use all their Super Powers to fool the thieves, discover the real Santa and save Christmas for the world?
96 pages, Paperback
First published August 30, 2010
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About the author
Robert Thornhill
65 books368 followersAward-winning author, Robert Thornhill, began writing at the age of sixty-six and in eleven short years has penned forty-five novels in the Lady Justice mystery/comedy series, the seven volume Rainbow Road series of chapter books for children, a cookbook and a mini-autobiography.
Lady Justice and the Sting, Lady Justice and Dr. Death, Lady Justice and the Vigilante, Lady Justice and the Candidate, Lady Justice and the Book Club Murders, Lady Justice and the Cruise Ship Murders, Lady Justice and the Vet and Lady Justice and the Pharaoh’s Curse won the Pinnacle Award for the best new mystery novels of Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012, Spring of 2013, Summer of 2013, Spring of 2014 and Fall of 2014 from the National Association of Book Entrepreneurs.
Twenty-four volumes in the series reached #1 on Amazon in the past twenty-four months.
Many of Walt’s adventures in the Lady Justice series are anecdotal and based on Robert’s real life.
Although Robert holds a master’s in psychology, he has never taken a course in writing and has never learned to type. All 52 of his published books were typed with one finger and a thumb!
His wit and insight come from his varied occupations, including thirty-three years as a real estate broker. He lives with his wife, Peg, in Independence, Missouri.
Visit him on the Web at: http://BooksByBob.com
Lady Justice and the Sting, Lady Justice and Dr. Death, Lady Justice and the Vigilante, Lady Justice and the Candidate, Lady Justice and the Book Club Murders, Lady Justice and the Cruise Ship Murders, Lady Justice and the Vet and Lady Justice and the Pharaoh’s Curse won the Pinnacle Award for the best new mystery novels of Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012, Spring of 2013, Summer of 2013, Spring of 2014 and Fall of 2014 from the National Association of Book Entrepreneurs.
Twenty-four volumes in the series reached #1 on Amazon in the past twenty-four months.
Many of Walt’s adventures in the Lady Justice series are anecdotal and based on Robert’s real life.
Although Robert holds a master’s in psychology, he has never taken a course in writing and has never learned to type. All 52 of his published books were typed with one finger and a thumb!
His wit and insight come from his varied occupations, including thirty-three years as a real estate broker. He lives with his wife, Peg, in Independence, Missouri.
Visit him on the Web at: http://BooksByBob.com
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November 11, 2011
The Rainbow Road series is just plain charming. Any child from 4to 9, skip the teens and jump to being a parent reading this series to your child. In each book thereis a delightful gift that your child will put in their treasure box.
July 2, 2011
Growing up in the Fifties, it was Superman (and Supergirl) with their magical powers of strength that could best the evildoers and save the world for "Truth, Justice, and the American Way;" twenty years later, my older children hero worshiped Steve Austin the Bionic Man (and the girls all wanted to be Jamie, the Bionic Woman); and by the Eighties, my younger daughters would get up at the crack of dawn to see the latest episode of Power Rangers. All were fantasy heroes dedicated to fighting evil, championing the underdog, and ensuring justice for the victims of crime. Today's children have a new series of books which teach moral values through super-powered characters...this time using children of their own age.
Robert Thornhill was intrigued when his grandson wrote a book as a second grade year-end assignment. Blake told a story about two children who meet a leprechaun with a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Building on Blake's idea, Robert fine-tuned the story in Super Secrets of Rainbow Road, the first of a series of books based on this theme. This was followed by Super Powers of Rainbow Road, Hawaiian Rainbows, Patriotic Rainbows, Sports Heroes of Rainbow Road and Ghosts and Goblins of Rainbow Road.
Book 7, Christmas Crooks of Rainbow Road, like Book 6, centers around a holiday...this time Christmas. Blake, and his younger sister, Breonna (the real grandchildren of Thornhill), have been taken on a family vacation to Florida for the holidays. Besides being worried if Santa will deliver to a condo on the beach, the children wonder if the rainbows in Florida would be different than the ones that are in their hometown near Kansas City, MO. When a storm occurs the children are quick to see if the Rainbow Road, a multi-colored twisty-curvy stream like a waterslide ride, found at the end of the rainbow, is the same. They find it looks the same and hop on to ride to the green bed of Lucky Leprechaun, the keeper of the Pot of Gold. These gold coins are not for money...they empower the recipient of the coin to have a special ability to do super-power things!
This time Lucky has a special task for the children as they discover that they are on their way to the North Pole to help Santa capture crooks who want to steal all the presents for the world's children for themselves. Blake is given the power to become a Shape Shifter (he can change into anyone or anything) and uses this with his powers of X-ray Vision, Strength and Invincibility and with Breonna's powers of Super Hearing, Truth and Invisibility. They also discover that elves are related to leprechauns! Who knew?!
Blake and Breonna are not perfect children, but they want to be good, as do most real children. The lessons they are learning from their parents, along with the lessons learned by using Lucky's gold coins, are gently taught to the reader in an environment that is fanciful and exciting. The illustrations are in Black & White, which allows the more creative child to color them as s/he imagines they should look. This is a nice touch that draws children even closer into the stories and lets them take pride of ownership in the book.
These would make great gifts as one volume, or a set, for children in the primary grades who can begin to read the stories to themselves and younger siblings. They do follow a chronological order as each new book builds on the one before, so those who buy might want to start with Book 1 and work their way forward. Looks like the new generation has a new set of heroes!
Robert Thornhill was intrigued when his grandson wrote a book as a second grade year-end assignment. Blake told a story about two children who meet a leprechaun with a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Building on Blake's idea, Robert fine-tuned the story in Super Secrets of Rainbow Road, the first of a series of books based on this theme. This was followed by Super Powers of Rainbow Road, Hawaiian Rainbows, Patriotic Rainbows, Sports Heroes of Rainbow Road and Ghosts and Goblins of Rainbow Road.
Book 7, Christmas Crooks of Rainbow Road, like Book 6, centers around a holiday...this time Christmas. Blake, and his younger sister, Breonna (the real grandchildren of Thornhill), have been taken on a family vacation to Florida for the holidays. Besides being worried if Santa will deliver to a condo on the beach, the children wonder if the rainbows in Florida would be different than the ones that are in their hometown near Kansas City, MO. When a storm occurs the children are quick to see if the Rainbow Road, a multi-colored twisty-curvy stream like a waterslide ride, found at the end of the rainbow, is the same. They find it looks the same and hop on to ride to the green bed of Lucky Leprechaun, the keeper of the Pot of Gold. These gold coins are not for money...they empower the recipient of the coin to have a special ability to do super-power things!
This time Lucky has a special task for the children as they discover that they are on their way to the North Pole to help Santa capture crooks who want to steal all the presents for the world's children for themselves. Blake is given the power to become a Shape Shifter (he can change into anyone or anything) and uses this with his powers of X-ray Vision, Strength and Invincibility and with Breonna's powers of Super Hearing, Truth and Invisibility. They also discover that elves are related to leprechauns! Who knew?!
Blake and Breonna are not perfect children, but they want to be good, as do most real children. The lessons they are learning from their parents, along with the lessons learned by using Lucky's gold coins, are gently taught to the reader in an environment that is fanciful and exciting. The illustrations are in Black & White, which allows the more creative child to color them as s/he imagines they should look. This is a nice touch that draws children even closer into the stories and lets them take pride of ownership in the book.
These would make great gifts as one volume, or a set, for children in the primary grades who can begin to read the stories to themselves and younger siblings. They do follow a chronological order as each new book builds on the one before, so those who buy might want to start with Book 1 and work their way forward. Looks like the new generation has a new set of heroes!
November 1, 2010
I won a(n autographed) copy of this book from goodreads giveaway.
I'm an adult and my only 'kids' are fluffy (cats), but I'll never grow too old for fairytales. I love especially the traditional ones (1000 and 1 nights, Grimm etc), but also many ethnic ones. This one falls in my loved fairytales categories as it's just enjoyable.
I can also never resist Christmas stories. And this one has leprechauns, rainbows, magic powers and some adventure. The super power in this book, shape-shifting, is something I'd have wanted to have when I was really small. (I loved animated Barbapapa series back then, and Barbapapas can change their shape to anything they want).
A fun fairytale for Christmas time.
Plus many more points for it being self-published one. Having books published has always been my dream, so when someone publishes - and successfully - their stories, that is just very awesome.
I think I will send this book to my friend in Ireland who had a son a year ago. Even if the boy is a bit young to appreciate longer fairytales yet, I'm sure she will. (and she lives just a stone away from Blarney, that's where all the fairytales show the other end of rainbow being.. ) :)
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I'm an adult and my only 'kids' are fluffy (cats), but I'll never grow too old for fairytales. I love especially the traditional ones (1000 and 1 nights, Grimm etc), but also many ethnic ones. This one falls in my loved fairytales categories as it's just enjoyable.
I can also never resist Christmas stories. And this one has leprechauns, rainbows, magic powers and some adventure. The super power in this book, shape-shifting, is something I'd have wanted to have when I was really small. (I loved animated Barbapapa series back then, and Barbapapas can change their shape to anything they want).
A fun fairytale for Christmas time.
Plus many more points for it being self-published one. Having books published has always been my dream, so when someone publishes - and successfully - their stories, that is just very awesome.
I think I will send this book to my friend in Ireland who had a son a year ago. Even if the boy is a bit young to appreciate longer fairytales yet, I'm sure she will. (and she lives just a stone away from Blarney, that's where all the fairytales show the other end of rainbow being.. ) :)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8...
February 16, 2013
I received a .pdf version of this book so I do not know what the coloring and pictures look like throughout the book, but if it is anything like the cover, I would take a guess and say it would be good enough to add an extra 1/2ß.
I am so glad this author ended the series with this adventure (that is if the series is complete with book 7). This book had wholesome substance to it.
Until next time, live life one page at a time!
I am so glad this author ended the series with this adventure (that is if the series is complete with book 7). This book had wholesome substance to it.
Until next time, live life one page at a time!
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