The Gray Day: An Acorn Book (Rainbow Days #1)

Valerie Bolling is passionate about creating stories in which all children can see themselves and feel seen and heard, valued and validated. She is the author of five picture books: Let's Dance! (a SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner), Together We Ride, Together We Swim(a 2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist), Ride, Roll, Run: Time for Fun!, and Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam!, and Rainbow Days, a Scholastic Acorn early reader series. A graduate of Tufts University and Teachers College, Columbia University, Valerie has been an educator for 30 years. She lives in Connecticut with her husband where they enjoy traveling, hiking, reading, going to the theater, and dancing.
Kai Robinson is a digital illustrator and designer with a BFA in Illustration from Montserrat College of Art. Rainbow Days, written by Valerie Bolling, is their debut early reader series. Kai is based in New England.