Rain, Rain is about a little boy who wants to curl up at home and stay out of the rain. His mother has other ideas. After putting on their raincoats, they venture outside. Rain pours down from every direction, aggravating the little boy. After sitting on a bus stop bench with his mother, the boy has an idea. As he curls up in his raincoat, he imagines he is in an imaginary house filled with creatures. The house is overrun by dozens of weebles. Weebles are causing chaos and they are doing everything they can to contain them. It is impossible to contain the weebles because they are too smart. Until one of the weebles spills a pot of tea and they start laughing. It causes the weebles to POOF and disappear as a result of their laughter. The rain eventually stops and the boy emerges from under his raincoat to see the sun shining. Through his imaginative adventure, the boy learned that sometimes laughter and a positive attitude can help turn a dreary situation into something enjoyable. Instead of being frustrated by the rain, he discovered the power of creativity and humor to transform his perspective. This experience taught him that even in challenging circumstances, finding joy can make everything more bearable.

A cute, quick picture book that reminds us laughter can be the best medicine. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is one that all ages can enjoy.

(2.5) Illustrations are cute - but my 4.5 year old wasn’t enthused - the storyline is really random and kinda all over the place. I personally wouldn’t buy this one but thank you NetGalley for the arc!

A cute and silly picutre book brimming with imagination. I thoroughly enjoyed diving into the raincoat with the main character and enjoyed all the weeples running around in the house. If you're looking for a funny, imaginative, and quick read you should pick up this book!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchane for my unbiased opinion.

I love the childlike illustrations. The font styling is fun, highlighting key words in color. Things like "wet" and "cold" look truly wet and cold on the page. Lots of big words to help kids learn. I could see this being used in a classroom or storytime setting to read a loud to a group of younger children, probably kindergarten thru first graders would love it.

Super cute concept for a children’s book because what young person isn’t fascinated by rain! It was a tad older for my daughter, but we enjoyed reading it and continuing our own imaginary play on rainy days.

Thanks for the arc North Star Editions.

A children’s story of escapism, finding comfort, imagination and adventure, it had moments that made me smile, especially around the drinking cocoa and eating cheese for comfort and I thought the laughing to get rid of the weepels was fun.

Thank-you Netgally, Jolly Fish Press and Josh Banday for this ARC E-book Copy to read, in exchange for an honest review.

Great illustrations, and a sweet, escape-ist story for when Mom makes you run ERRANDS. I liked the message of making the incorrigible weeples pop by laughing - a good way to reframe their out of control-ness. And when you come back from your escape, sometimes the sun has come out. Fun for little readers.

This is a silly and imaginative book that I think kids will really enjoy. Who doesn’t want to escape away from the rain and have hot chocolate and cheese? I can’t blame him! Pictures are fun and sure to make kids giggle.

This is a sweet little book about a child making an imaginary world to get out of the rain. Running errands with mom in the rain is not something this child likes, so she crawls into her raincoat and imagines a house with her friends and weeples. The weeples reminded me of the old Star Trek show “ the trouble with tribbles” . I did like the illustrations, but they seemed confusing at times. All and all, a cute story. I did like the multiple uses of words, such as laughing. As a speech pathologist, I am always on the lookout for books that can build vocabulary in young students

What an absolutely beautiful and fun, quick adventure book about imagination, problem-solving & Weeples!?

So Much fun! Loved it!

Thank you NetGalley and North Star Editions for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I am not sure if this was the formatting of the book on Kindle, but this book did not make any sense. I was interested in learning about the small creatures, but unfortunately was confused about the plot.

This is a sweet little book. The child in the story goes on an imaginary adventure to get out of the rain. The illustrations are wonderful. Reading this book aloud could also be a starting point, followed by activities to do on a rainy day. Recommended!

Thank you, Netgalley, Josh Banday, and North Star Editions for the ebook! What a great children's book! My daughter loved this and I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. Imaginative and funny and great illustrations!

This wasn't awful, but it wasn't great. I found that the artwork and the story were just meh. Some of the plot was actually confusing, and the idea just felt like it wasn't well developed at all. I wanted to like it. The story had such great potential, but it felt rushed in so many ways. If there had been another 5-10 pages, then maybe it would have felt more satisfying as a picture book. As it stands, I don't know if this would really be good for read aloud time.

Not really something I would recommend unfortunately.

Oh this book just melted my heart! I was just so taken back. It was beautiful. I loved it! Such a sweet story.

What a seemingly whimsical tale of a kid who hates the rain but jumps into his imaginary world and learns so much through it. Loved the illustrations and everything that happened in his world, as well as the ending!

I had high hopes for this book, that it's be a cute addition to our children's department and it would be able to be used in story time. Honestly, it just kind of feel flat for me. I was following along just fine and then the Weeples were introduced. It's a concept that I don't know a lot of kids are going to be able to follow without a parent or caregiver explicitly explaining it. And you shouldn't have to explain a picture book in order for it to be understood. I think there's much better options out there for potential coping mechanisms when you're upset about something. To me this feels like it's a book that got published because it was written by a celebrity and not necessarily because it was a great book that children would want to read. I think the illustrations were wonderfully done but overall the execution of the story was not that great.

Thank you NetGalley, Jolly Fish Press, and Josh Banday for the early access copy of Rain, Rain.

Rain, Rain tells the story of a young child who, on a rainy day, wants nothing more than to enjoy the rain cozy at home with a book. But, when their mom needs the two of them to run errands, the child is not happy. The rain is wet, hitting their face, and cold. That is until they go on an adventure in their raincoat.

With engaging illustrations, an entertaining story, and so many weeples, kids will get excited to hear this rainy day story.

I thought that this was a good story!

It had a quirky storyline about a boys imagination after he doesn't really want to go outside in the rain. The story was well written and it had a great flow to it. It was easy to follow and understand.

I read the book with my 7 year old daughter and it certainly made her smile - she loves drinking hot chocolate and eating cheese so the book was a big hit with her and she liked the Weeples too

It is 4 stars from me for this one – highly recommended