Elliott has just moved into a new house. He spends his days with his fictional friends, immersed in a book. When an inviting Sunday rain gathers the local kids to play in the puddles, Elliott longs to join in, but he's too shy to go outside. Soon, Elliott discovers that new friendships are like a new book–you just have to plunge into the adventure.
Featured in The New York Times 2021
A BookTrust Book of the Month 2021
“A gorgeous book demonstrating perfectly, with understanding and empathy, the importance of gentle encouragement to face our fears and the positive effects which result from leaping right into life and right into those glorious, rainy day puddles!”
-Book Monsters
Sunday Rain
Author: Rosie J. Pova
Illustrator: Amariah Rauscher
Dimensions: 26 x 0.8 x 20.4 cm
Paperback
Printed on sustainably sourced paper using plant-based inks.
Publish Date: 4th March 2021
Recommended Age: 3+
Lantana are an award-winning children's book publisher and social enterprise with a mission to publish inclusive books by authors from under-represented groups and from around the world.
The name Lantana was inspired by the Lantana flower, a flower that has petals of different colours together on one stem. It was the perfect symbol to represent their belief in a world where children of all races, ethnicities, genders, abilities and orientations get to read happily together on one Earth.
Lantana books celebrate every kind of child and family, exploring social themes that help happy little minds to flourish. They promote diversity and inclusion, social and racial justice, female empowerment, empathy, mindfulness and wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and more. Lantana are a signatory to the United Nations SDG Publishers Compact and print their books with plant-based inks on sustainably sourced paper to minimise their carbon footprint.
