Rain Before Rainbows is a children’s picture book that I have already read three times. The first time I read through it I marvelled at the beautiful artwork that adorned each page. These full-page illustrations are simply beautiful, they capture the eye with their soft colours and delightful scenes with so much to take in.

The second time I took note of the rhyming words and as the book progressed my thoughts turned to the book being more of a metaphor regarding the child, a young girl and her fox friend going through a tough time. I read it as the girl was going through some mental health challenges and the book was showcasing her bad thoughts and then there was a brighter new day.

However, the third time I noticed the castle on fire which is set before the story begins and I had missed it. This then took the plot in a different direction for me as it then was about a young girl and her fox friend having to travel over mountains, through stormy seas to get away from their home that had been destroyed and finding a new place.

Whichever way you read this book one thing is certain, it truly is amazing. It is comforting, engaging, captivating, and it makes you want to read it over and over again as well as hopefully making children understand that even though there are sometimes dark days in their life that after the dark the light will come.