Sun Shower by Melinda Szymanik, Illus. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White. Pub. Scholastic 2023.

Most cultures have myths and legends about their physical environment including the weather and this story is a modern legend and is told in the same manner as legends of old.

“Sun and Rain had never met” is the first line of this picturebook, but the Clouds feel that sun and rain could be good friends if they met. So they set about doing that after reluctance from both parties. AND guess what they produce when they do meet? Get this delightful picture book and find out for yourself.

Expertly told by a seasoned writer and beautifully illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White. Not only are sun, rain and clouds personified the illustrations also show the landscape and humans effect on it. The land needs both sun and rain to make things grow.

A classy piece of work.