I have yet to meet a child that is not magnetically attracted to puddles. Rainy Days by Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato provides our youngest readers with an exploration all about the wet weather perfect for the spring.

A Toddler Tough book, the squishy cover and the thick pages can stand up to the roughest readers. Just like all the books in this beloved weather series, you could even read it in the rain. I have reviewed some of the other titles in this series and Rainy Days is just as sweet and delightful. The rhymes just roll off your tongue dropping like rain drops into the listener’s ears.

Deborah Kerbel packs a lot of inspiration into this book. The one thing about rainy days is they sometimes deter us from going outside, but with this story as inspiration, children and their parents/caregivers can’t help but want to put on their rainy weather clothes and head outside. I loved the page dedicated to the worms and snails as that is a particularly fun activity that my children always love when it rains.

Miki Sato’s artful illustrations are some of the best yet! There are so many incredible textures and layers to her work. If you look closely, I believe some of the raindrops are actually clear seed beads! Using paper and fabric to collage together interesting and eye-catching illustrations, young readers will have a ton of fun exploring this book and it is sure to be a family favourite. 

We have copies of this series at the preschool where I work and I can tell you that the teachers LOVE sharing these titles with the children. They are interactive and help guide discussions about nature. We use them to connect to the things we see in our playground and our neighbourhood explorations.