Review: A sweet, rainy day read . . .
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
Young Kayleigh stands at the window, her nose pressed to the cool glass pane, shoulders slumped in dismay. It’s spring. She’s dressed to go outdoors.So why is it raining again?Flowers should be blooming. Birds singing. The yellow sun should be shining big and bright and high in the sky!Kayleigh and her friends ought to be playing in the yard. Swimming in the pool. Swinging on the swing-set.So why is it raining again?Mama says the flowers need water to grow. The trees and grass, too.Besides, there’s plenty to do inside. Toys to play with and balls to bounce. Books to read and movies to watch.The illustrations in NOT ANOTHER RAINY DAY (ISBN: 9781497364103, ASIN: B00JCEM0JO, 24 pp) are simple and colorful, yet elegantly drawn by Inga Shalvashvili. Children will easily relate to Kayleigh’s dilemma through these drawings and in RyAnn Hall’s semi-rhyming verse.I predict NOT ANOTHER RAINY DAY will spur the creativity in children to come up with their own unique activities for rainy day, stuck-inside weather, and I can only imagine the conversations that might follow this read.I would recommend NOT ANOTHER RAINY DAY to teachers, parents and grandparents of children ages 2 to 8. The older children will love reading this book themselves. The younger ones . . . well, there’s nothing like cuddling up with Mom or Dad on a rainy day.As lovely and convenient as eReaders are, I would suggest picking up a print copy so children can hold this sweet book in their hands. It even comes in audio (ASIN: B00KIW3908, 3 minutes, narrated by Rebecca Roberts). I’m giving NOT ANOTHER RAINY DAY four stars and see where it could easily become a rainy day favorite.