The Rainbow Sheep

Name: The Rainbow Sheep
ISBN: 9781506498362

Illustrated by David Hayward

Publisher

Beaming Books

Publication

May 13, 2025

Format

Hardback

Illustrated

Yes

Price

17.99

Dimensions

9.25 x 9.25 in

ISBN

9781506498362

Pages

Age

4 - 8 years

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

A 2026 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year

A humorous story about inclusion, self-acceptance, and the joy of being different.

Ricky lives with a flock of sheep that prizes conformity. When one sleeps, they all sleep. When one eats, they all eat. When one baa-a-a-s, they all baa-a-a. And they all dress the same too. Every single day.

Until a rainbow sheep joins the flock and everything changes! Rainbow is so fun and so free! Ricky becomes friends with Rainbow and starts showing her true color too. How will the rest of the flock react?

Awards & Endorsements

Matthew Paul Turner, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of What Is God Like?

"The Rainbow Sheep is one of the most beautiful and hopeful picture books that I've ever read. Like the book's star, Rainbow, David Hayward is one of a kind, a pastor who uses his gifts to offer all of us a thoughtful, diverse, and inclusive glimpse of God and ourselves."

Illustrator(s)

David Hayward

David Hayward was baptized Anglican as a baby, came to faith in a Baptist church when he was a teenager, changed to Pentecostal in his late teens, married another Pentecostal named Lisa, was ordained Presbyterian, pastored a Vineyard church, and planted others.

He has a Masters in Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, as well as a Diploma in Religious Studies and Ministry from McGill University in Montreal. His art, cartoons, writings and book have found their way all around the world. David lives with his wife near Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. They have 3 grown children.