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Watercolor collage of diverse children playing, interacting, and holding hands around a globe with a rainbow, symbolizing unity.

Watercolor collage of diverse children playing, interacting, and holding hands around a globe with a rainbow, symbolizing unity.

TITLE PAGE [ faint arc drifting across page ] 2–3 “The colors of my rainbow / Aren’t red or blue or green.” [ soft neutral wash ]———[ soft neutral wash ] 4–5 “They’re black and white, dark and light…” [ pale shapes ]———[ shadowed shapes ] 6–7 “Umber, pink, sienna, beige…” [ overlapping bodies ] [ colors appear only where forms overlap ] 8–9 “Like jewels upon a crown.” [ kids dancing in circle ] [ long shadows radiate outward ] [ shadows form crown shape ] 10–11 Nature’s hues [ children reclining / moving ] [ textures echo stone, water, leaf ] 12–13 (CULTURE SPREAD — MORE LITERAL) [ diverse children clearly shown ] [ distinct clothing / hair / gesture ] [ arranged in gentle arc ] 14–15 Mountains / oceans [ climbing bodies = peaks ] [ flowing bodies = waves ] 16–17 Cities / rivers [ vertical figures ] [ flowing motion lines ] 18–19 Grasslands / deserts [ wide open space ] [ few figures, long shadows ] 20–21 Forests / ice [ dense textures ]———[ cool open space ] 22–23 Hope and love unite [ separate groups ] [ shadows touch first ] 24–25 A place for all [ figures making space ] [ one child stepping in ] 26–27 Rainbow across the globe [ continuous arc stretching across spread ] 28–29 GATEFOLD [ children forming large imperfect arc ] [ full joy, full movement ] 30–31 Author’s Note [ faint echo of arc ] [ open, quiet space ] END PAPERS (BACK) [ same pattern as front ] (now emotionally resolved) See more