cover image Nicky and the Rainy Day

Nicky and the Rainy Day

Valeri Gorbachev. NorthSouth, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-7358-1644-2

Optimism shines forth in Nicky and the Rainy Day by Valeri Gorbachev. ""Let's go to the desert,"" Nicky suggests. ""[It] is sunny and bright, with beautiful yellow sand, and it never rains there."" The star of Nicky and the Big, Bad Wolves leads his siblings on an indoor adventure, and when the weather clears, the family heads outside. (July)