A child tries to interpret their tears with images from the world around them. They take materials from stormy seas and salty rivers, rushing waterfalls and dark caves, isolating themselves in lonely places and snuggling into tender embraces.

Is it the fault of the summer that has ended, the balloon that popped, or the prick of a sea urchin? Perhaps it is from the joy of a great victory or even from the unbearable peeling of onions?

Everyone can cry, young and old, openly or secretly. Even nature with its creatures. And if tears are the human rain, then surely a rainbow must emerge. Who doesn’t want to play with it?

A book about the redemptive power of crying that frees children to recognize and manage their emotions, understanding that it is perfectly okay to cry!