This is a sweet book about generosity. Elephant loves when it rains, because that means he can share his umbrella with others who need it. When the wind blows the umbrella away one day, first the leopard finds it, and asks the umbrella to be his. "'If I become yours," asked the umbrella, "where will you take me when it rains?'" Leopard's answer is selfish, so umbrella moves on. Next Bear finds her, and Umbrella asks the same question, and bears answer is selfish, so Umbrella asks the wind to take her away again. Finally, she is reunited with Elephant, just in time for the rain, and together they help keep their friends dry. While I wouldn't have minded the story being a little bit longer, it's long enough to convey the idea that being generous and helping others feels good. The illustrations are vibrant and fun, and really add a lot to the story.

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This review contains spoilers. I tried to review without them, but it is hard to explain why I thought this book was just ok without spoilers.

An elephant has an umbrella and it flies away. First it finds a leopard and when asked if they could keep the umbrella the answer was no because the umbrella didn't approve of what the leopard was going to use it for. Next it finds a bear and the same thing happens. Finally it ends up back with the elephant.

I understand that this is supposed to be a story to show you should share. But the umbrella refuses to help the leopard and bear when really all they are doing is being themselves. I felt like the umbrella really just came across as judgemental.

The art is really cute, I just feel like the text could use some work and the umbrella needs to be more open minded.

This is a simple tail and I know this is unusual to say for a picture book but it was too short. The elephant has an umbrella and one day it's blown away. The umbrella meets the Tiger but doesn't want to stay with the Tiger. The umbrella meets a bear but doesn't want to stay with the bear either. It goes searching again for the elephant. Once you know why it goes searching for the elephant it makes the story that much sweeter. The illustrations are simply charming and match the story very well. I could see the author making this story longer by having the umbrella meet other characters such as a giraffe. But as it is it's really fun and really enjoyable.

Lovely illustrations. Cute.