I loved the illustrations of this book, but I felt like the story was a little bit lacking. I honestly was drawn to the illustrations but disappointed by the content.

This is a very cute story about a lightbulb named Ray, who goes on quite the adventure! The art and story are fun and easy to understand.

This is a story about an anthropomorphic lightbulb named Ray. He resides at the end of the hall, near the staircase, in a closet. He's seen better days dwelling in the living room and the bathroom but it seems he's been downgraded to a small closet where all sorts of paraphernalia is present, even a spider named Tom. Ray is bored and to offset that boredom he oftentimes slips into a dreamless sleep.

One day his world changes. He is unscrewed and placed into a lantern and escorted off on a family excursion. He can't really tell where it begins and ends but Ray stays alert and soaks it all in. He witnesses nature up close and personal. He is mesmerized as he gazes at the thousand of stars in the night sky. The next morning to his delight he discovers the biggest light bulb in the world high up in the sky. Can you guess what he saw?

He returns back to his home once again and is placed in his uninspiring closet. Everything inside remains unchanged since Ray left except Tom has moved out and gone on an adventure of his own. Ray is left alone in the darkness once again but his memories shine bright and bring him great happiness.

The illustrations are vivid, full of expression and kid-friendly. I like when author's think out of the box and who would have thought of bringing an incandescent light to life to tell his story? A fun story to share and converse about. Approved by Storywraps!

This book has a really cute premise: I love the idea of a story from the perspective of the lightbulb. I'm already thinking about lessons I can teach with perspective and POV with my 5th graders. However, there is a part toward the middle, where the light bulb is out of the closet, that just didn't make sense to me at all. It might be because the pictures and words were messed up when reading on a Kindle, but I found myself very confused.

I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

The artwork in this book is beautiful. Dynamic, bold, and perfect for a story time. I also really enjoyed the story, and how at the end while nothing had changed, everything had changed.

Ray (a light bulb) is lonely in his closet. Not much changes from day to day. Yet one day, Ray the light bulb is removed from his place in the closet to be placed into a lantern that is taken to the great wide world where he sees so much more that he has seen in his lonely closet.The illustrations are sweet, have a lot of details to enjoy, and are a perfect match to the text. A concern is if students have any idea about how light bulbs work and that they need electricity to work, they will find it hard to believe this light bulb was placed in a lantern to illuminate the walk in the forest. If you are looking for another book with a similar theme of getting out and seeing the world, you might try Unplugged by Steve Antony.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this. It's a book about a lightbulb that has an adventure. How do you even begin to process that?

Ray lives in the closet. He's been in other places in the house, too, like the living room (which was good) and the bathroom (which was a little less pleasant). Now he's in the closet, which is pretty boring. He counts all the things in there with him, and watches things change a little in the outside world, but mostly, he just hangs there. One day, though, his people unscrew him and take him on a camping trip. He sees more things than he can count, and in the morning, he has a spiritual awakening of sorts.

If you can get past the question of why someone would take the incandescent lightbulb from the hall closet on a camping trip, then the rest of the story is kind of charming. Ray is a sympathetic character; I think a lot of us can relate (especially right now) to the feeling of being cooped-up and bored. The illustrations are simple, but effective.

Overall, this is kind of cute. Anthropomorphized lightbulbs. Now I've seen it all.

<i>Ray</i> is a short book about a light bulb for younger children, reading it gives a lot of opportunities to interact and have fun together. The light bulb went off and on, casting light to different places - perfect entertainment for every 3-5 year old.

Illustrations are plain and full of vivid colors, showing easy to recognize facial expressions and simple everyday objects for kids to name and search around the home. A great book to start reading together and show little ones how fun can that be.

<i>The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</i>

Oh my! I loved this so much! I thought it was just way too adorable and I had a goofy grin on my face throughout the whole book because I just loved Ray so so much! I thought that this was an adorable way to show how much is out there compared to our little worlds that we all live in. I can't wait to buy this one for my niece when it releases!

*eARC provided in exchange for an honest review*

This little story wasn’t the best. I think a major factor was it doesn’t translate on the kindle app well. The pictures were chopped up and all over the place. The actual illustrations were beautiful but the story wasn’t engaging and my daughter lost interest quickly

Beautiful illustrations! Even though the e-galley makes it hard to parse. The story follows a lightbulb who lives in a closet until one day he is taken out and put in an outdoor lamp. How unusual! He went on an adventure and experienced are when he saw the Sun; his life will never be the same even though he is back in his closet. A cute story with an interesting perspective. Not groundbreaking but still cute!

What a lovely book!
The perspective of a light bulb is so clever and one that younger readers will be able to comprehend. They are all familiar with them and will eagerly go along for the ride of discovery. The idea of darkness and the void that is unveiled compared to the adventure of a trip outside its closet surroundings will be fun.
The simplistic illustrations of the closet versus the beauty of the outside surroundings will delight them as it did me. The vividness of the colors in daytime and nighttime are beautifully rendered, Readers are sure to be content that upon the light bulb's return, life will, happily, never be the same with its newfound memories.

This is a cute book about adventures. My 2 and 5 year old really enjoyed it. After reading it we talked about some vacations we have taken that they remember. The writing was cute and flowed well. The illustrations were so cute!

I absolutely loved this! Marianna Coppo brings such bright and shining light to Ray, who just happens to be a lightbulb. I adored the subtle humor throughout and the illustration style was wonderfully whimsical, and then oh so beautiful and bright! I will absolutely be recommending this book to my local library, and others!

Thank you so much to Netgalley, Penguin Random House and Tundra Books for the opportunity to read and review!

I really thought the illustrations in this book were great. I could see this being read to younger children like pre-k and under, possibly kindergarten . I felt like it needed more .

This picture book has fun art and a likeable light bulb as the main character, but it fell flat a bit for me. As a mom of science-loving kids, I couldn't help but dislike the problems with reality. No, not having a sentient light bulb (I'm okay with that) but the idea that the light bulb had once been in more fun rooms over the years and transferred to a closet and that he could be put into a camping lantern for a vacation and then brought back to the closet. That's just not how light bulbs work. We don't take them out of one room after years of use and put them in another fixture. We tend to use them until they burn out, and camping lanterns use totally different kinds of light bulbs. Also, I'm not sure that taking a weekend off from your horribly dull closet life to go camping and see the sun for the first time would result in more peace and happiness when you returned to the closet.

Cute pictures, but it doesn't make a lot of sense in a lot of ways. I suspect a lot of kids would come to the same conclusions.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for an advance digital copy of Ray by Marianna Coppo. This book is adorable! Ray, the light bulb in the closet, has days filled with darkness. That is, until the family uses him to light the lantern on their camping trip! Ray truly sees the world outside his storage closet and when he returns home, his days of darkness are filled with bright memories! Such a cute story for kids 3-8.

A cute story of a light bulb who gets to go on a adventure after being stuck inside a closet. The illustrations are also as sweet as the story.

A sweet story that entails the adventures of a lightbulb named Ray. I loved the illustrations and overall simplicity. Parents could easily make this book more interactive by asking children what they see, how many items they see, etc. on different pages. I would recommend this book for children ages 2 to 4.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for providing a copy of this ARC.

I really love the idea of a lightbulb going out and having an adventure. This is a charming, adorable little picture book. The art is lovely.