Umbrella
A Caldecott Honor Book

I love Taro Yashima’s work. I need to know more about Taro; are they a boy or girl? How do they come up with these ideas. They are incredible. This is the most details I have seen Taro give in their work. It looks like they use crayons with regular materials to create the art. This is about a girl w......more

A unique story. A little girl is gifted rain boots and an umbrella. She simply cannot wait for it to rain. And when it does, she is so excited to use her new things when walking to school. And then she’s a big girl. She doesn’t remember this. But her parents do (I’m assuming this is the author’s chil......more

This just barely skims the 'okay' realm for us. I almost didn't give it 2 stars. The reason I ended up with this rating is because there are a few things about the book that we liked. Julia and I liked the little girl, Julia and I liked the illustrations, and we liked the basics of the story. We did n......more

**** Caldecott Honor (1959) **** Delightful and charming story of a very little girl who waits eagerly for a rainy day so she can wear her new red boots and carry her new umbrella. There is a gentle tenderness in the imagery that reminded me of the brilliant and colorful art in my very favorite book......more

Yashima does a wonderful job making an umbrella come alive, through the eyes of a little girl. The anticipation builds up in Momo as to when she will be able to but her umbrella to use. The rain took forever to come but when it did, her umbrella came alive and so did the rain as it danced and made m......more