It all began with a 4 years old boy from France

The idea to create draw and tell stories for children was conceived after I met a 4 years old boy from France. He had been brought up speaking French at home and only understood a little bit of English. The first time he ever sat with other children on the mat to listen to a story was when it was being told using the draw and tell concept. When studying towards my Bachelor degree in early childhood teaching I learned about the enormous benefits of parents reading with their children. One of the benefits was that it helps strengthen parent/child relationship. These two events have been the catalyst for my passion to create draw and tell stories to foster a love of reading in children and to provide parents with a simple and fun way to strengthen their relationships with their children.

The name Rainbowballs has been chosen to illustrate the many colours I use to create draw and tell stories. My eBooks are created with a combination of colours from the rainbow. Each colour has its own characteristic and represents a distinctive emotion. Yet when we put various colours together it depicts another emotion and tells a different story.

Visual images help children, especially those from the ages of three to six years old, to better understand a story. My Draw and Tell series have been created with this in mind. I use lines, colours and shapes to create images that attract young children’s attention to listen to the story.

My website www.rainbowballs.com.au was launched in June 2012. I have since released fifteen eBooks of my Draw and Tell series which includes one personalised story, seven short stories for ages 3+ and seven long stories for ages 4+. Other eBooks from the Draw and Tell series are in various stages of development and will be released when they become available.

Till next time.....

Simone