Mother Nature is a show off with her talents for creating beauty and things poets, artists, and scientists have spent entire lives trying to express, explain, and understand. Rainbows, “a multicolored arc made by light striking water droplets,” are one of those things that delight us from the youngest of children to the oldest of adults. It is always a beautiful surprise to look up and see one in the sky, and of all places we could say that our beloved pets go after their time on earth, we’ve collectively decided it’s the rainbow bridge. It’s also a symbol of pride for the LGBTQ+ community since the Pride Flag’s creation in 1978 by artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker.

Rainbows in pop culture are countless. From “Over the Rainbow,” written for the Wizard of Oz film in 1939 by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen and originally sung by Judy Garland, to popular children’s entertainment like Rainbow Brite, Care Bears, and Reading Rainbow. We just universally love rainbows.

So I went looking for bookish items that either had a rainbow or used rainbow colors because why not have more bookish things and also some joy and beautiful colors to brighten your life!

Rainbow Books sticker sheet ($3): Here’s a nice sticker sheet if you love collecting stickers or need a sheet to decorate a reading journal. Also great for flower lovers.

You are safe with me enamel pin ($11): Sadly, an increasingly important enamel pin for people to wear that signifies to people of the LGBTQ+ community that you are a safe person for them.

Rainbow Book Mark ($13): Here’s a fun, colorful bookmark perfect for readers and as a gift that you can personalize with any name or word.

Hope this has brightened your day some! And if you want a rainbow bookshelf here’s some ways a reader organized their rainbow bookshelves.