The Rainbow Fairies, illustrated by Sunny Cook, is a charming poem from the 1800s. It begins with two little clouds bumping their heads and beginning to cry. Father Sun then sends his fairy helpers to dry their tears (the falling rain).

Sunny beautifully captures the simplicity and sweetness of this poem in her illustrations.

This book comes with a music CD featuring Sunny singing the poem so children are able to follow along while learning the words in the book.

Sunny heard this poem when her three children were young. She often thought about what a wonderful children’s book it would be. However, as a busy young mother, she had no time to develop a book, although she sang and taught the song to her children.

In 2003, since her children were grown, she was able to devote more time to art. She decided to finally turn that book idea into a reality.

Photos were taken of Sunny wearing a long ruffled dress while posing as each of the Rainbow Fairies. These photos became her fairy models. For the CD, her husband created the background music for Sunny to sing the Rainbow Fairies song.

Although Sunny lived in a big city at the time, and the gently rolling landscape she drew was purely imaginary, it was where she longed to be. She even drew a farmgirl wearing an apron collecting her wash from the clothesline! (Sunny had never heard of MaryJane and her Farmgirl Chapters, or the gently rolling hills of the Palouse.)

Amazingly, one year later, she found herself working at MaryJanesFarm. Sunny was surprised at how the Palouse matched her imaginary landscape in the book.

Sunny handles the finances for MaryJanesFarm. In her free time, she loves being outside working in her greenhouse and garden, painting landscapes, writing, and creating new children’s books.