Nicola O'Byrne Books

A delightful picturebook with a lovely surprise for young readers to enjoy at story time.

With homage to the Odyssey, this is about how Rabbit puts a raincloud in his bag so that his day out fishing can be filled with only sunshine. But when Duck comes along and scolds that rain is necessary, Rabbit is somewhat downcast. Until Duck shows him the magic of the rainbow, and also…puddles!

This delightful picture book not only contains a pop-up rainbow, but also delights in the focus on the action – the backgrounds are white or simply that – background, whereas the action lies in reading the expressions of the characters and the actions they take. Simple and effective, this explores big emotions, how actions have consequences for others, and has excellent use of onomatopoeia throughout.

Readers of Nicola O’Byrne’s works may be familiar with the Rabbit, and will now see him in an outside landscape, while new readers will be won over by details such as the grumpy frog. An excellent early exploration of empathy, weather and the joy of the outdoors.