Rain Before Rainbows

Rain Before Rainbows
Author: Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-08-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536219789

For anyone going through a difficult passage, this uplifting, beautifully illustrated picture book is about finding optimism in the darkest of places. Rain before rainbows, clouds before sun, night before daybreak—a new day’s begun. In this heartfelt story about courage, change, and moving on, a girl and her companion fox travel together away from a sorrowful past, through challenging and stormy times, toward color and light and life. Along the way they find friends to guide and support them, and when the new day dawns, it is full of promise. With gorgeous, richly realized illustrations and immense hope at its heart, Rain Before Rainbows holds out a ray of sunshine for anyone looking for light.

Raindrops to Rainbow

Raindrops to Rainbow
Author: John Micklos Jr.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593224256

A gentle rhyming picture book that shows how color can be found all around us, whether there are raindrops falling or a bright rainbow high above. Raindrops are falling outside, but there's still a world of color to experience! Delightful rhymes and brilliant illustrations detail how a gloomy, rainy day might not actually be so gloomy after all when you get to spend time with Mom, Brown Bear, and the colors around you. And when a "beaming rainbow, bold and bright" cuts through the sky, everyone gets to experience the joy of all the colors that can only come after the rain.

Elmer and the Rainbow

Elmer and the Rainbow
Author:
Publisher: Andersen Press USA
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0761374108

Elmer the elephant enlists his animal friends to help him find the end of a strange, colorless rainbow so that he can share some of his patchwork colors and make it right.

Weather Lore

Weather Lore
Author: Richard Inwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2014-12-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1108077625

Published in 1893, this is the second edition of an entertaining and fascinating collection of proverbs, rhymes and sayings about the weather.

Jeremy Draws a Monster

Jeremy Draws a Monster
Author: Peter McCarty
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 142991730X

Alone in his room, Jeremy draws a monster. But then the monster wants lunch! As his creation takes over, Jeremy begins to wonder how he will ever get rid of the monstrous nuisance. He entertains his unwanted guest all day, but enough is enough. Jeremy finally draws him a bus ticket out of town! With a sure artistic touch and more than a dose of humor, Peter McCarty cleverly blurs the line between his own drawings and Jeremy's, and in doing so subtly questions the line between reality and imagination.

You Make Me Happy

You Make Me Happy
Author: Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 154760171X

A new beautifully illustrated celebration of love and friendship from the bestselling creators behind I'll Never Let You Go and I Love You Night and Day. Now in an audio eBook edition that reads aloud as you turn the pages! In this delightfully optimistic and uplifting observance of that special someone who makes you happy, Fox and Porcupine discover that when they're together, life is ever so much brighter. Gorgeous, fun, and full of heart, this is the perfect gift for that sweet ray of light in your life. You make me happy, you make me new; Together there's NOTHING that we cannot do. You make me happy and hopeful and strong, And right by your side is where I belong.

I Love You Night and Day

I Love You Night and Day
Author: Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1619633361

A message of unconditional love through the seasons is wrapped in a warm and exuberant picture book package. I love you strong, I love you small, Together, we have it all. I love you wild, I love you loud, I shout it out and I feel proud. A sweet message of unconditional love follows a bear and a bunny through their day. This special picture book is perfect for baby showers, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, and love all year round!

Not That Pet!

Not That Pet!
Author: Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2022-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 153621776X

Some are too scary, some are too smelly, some are too wiggly, and some are too giggly. Can Mabel find the perfect pet for her family? Not noisy or scary or covered in spikes. She’d choose something friendly that EVERYONE likes. Mabel’s family is letting her pick what kind of pet to get, and she is determined to find the very BEST one. “Any pet you like delivered to your door,” promises the sign. But what if the ants are too tiny, the hyenas too giggly, the owl too loud? What if the snake almost strangles Granddad and the skunk wants to spray the baby? None of the pets she tries out seems like the right fit. Readers will love following through several comical reveals until Mabel meets her furry match (not what you might guess!). Best-selling author Smriti Prasadam-Halls’s hilarious rhyming read-aloud and Rosalind Beardshaw’s charming illustrations will have kids laughing—and dreaming of their own quirky pets.

A Shelter for Sadness

A Shelter for Sadness
Author: Anne Booth
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1682634280

This poignant and heartwarming story explores the many faces of sadness and addresses the importance of mental health in a child-friendly way. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness so that he can visit it whenever he needs to, and the two of them can cry, talk, or just sit. The boy knows that one day his sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world and see how beautiful it is. In this timely consideration of emotional wellbeing, Anne Booth has created a beautiful depiction of allowing time and attention for difficult feelings. Stunningly atmospheric illustrations by David Litchfield personify sadness as a living being, allowing young readers to more easily connect with the story's themes of emotional literacy.