I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I liked the art in this book. It was very bright and colorful. I didn't think the story quite reached the level I was expecting. It was cute, but not great.

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.

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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I didn't really enjoy this story, and it seemed wrong to deny a leopard shelter because of his dietary needs. I don't know if I'd recommend this to my patrons.

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 an adorable book! The illustrations really help bring everything together and attract the reader.

This is a gorgeously illustrated book about the joy of sharing. I found it to be very gentle and appropriate for even the youngest of readers.

"The Elephant's Umbrella" is all about kindness and generosity. The simple tale is about an elephant who cares deeply for others and whenever it rains he shares his umbrella with his friends. The invitation is always open to whomever needs to be sheltered on rainy days.

One day the wind whisks the umbrella away from the elephant and it lands in the paws of a leopard who wants to use it selfishly for his own hunting practices. The umbrella wants no part of his offer and the wind then whips it into the the paws of a bear. The motive of the bear is to use the umbrella for his self-centredness.

"I'll take you to the bees;" said the bear.
"I'll take their honey. And I'll sit under
you and eat all that honey by myself."

"No, no!" replied the umbrella.
" I certainly will not belong to you."
And she chased after the wind again.

Will umbrella ever get back to her friend elephant who is kind and generous and is looking all over for her?

This book has bright, colourful illustrations that kids will enjoy. The heartwarming message is positive and always one that needs to be reinforced to both kids ( and adults too ). Sharing, empathy, compassion and friendship are highlighted throughout the book and Storywraps recommends it.

I've had the wonderful pleasure of working closely with this book. The illustrations are truly wonderful, and the text is greatly engaging.

A colorfully illustrated tale about an umbrella that looks for kindness. Who will offer kindness when the umbrella offers itself to the other animals. The umbrella asks the question "If I become yours, where will you take when it rains." Each answer does not speak of generosity but of what I can get. The difference between being selfish and generous is virtue that is worth knowing and acting upon.

A delightful tale of an Elephant's generosity and the umbrella that searches for kindness.

A Special Thank you to Tiny Owl Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review

Beautiful illustrations with a super cute story, I just wish it was a little longer, I found myself wanting more.

I do not want to review this book unfairly, because I think it didn’t load correctly. I see that the umbrella wanted to be with the animal that would use it to help others, but unfortunately I couldn’t think of the purpose of each character. I saw the animals behaving as the animals do, and I couldn’t figure out the wind at all. The illustrations were beautiful, but I couldn’t think of a way to use it in a classroom.

This doesn't really work for me. Although the book has appealing illustrations, the message is both heavy-handed and kind of problematic.

An elephant is very proud of his umbrella and wants to share it with all his friends, allowing them to shelter under it when it rains. But one day the wind blows the umbrella away from the elephant. A leopard finds it, but when the umbrella finds out that the leopard wants to eat other animals under it, it flies away on the wind. Then it's found by a bear, but when the umbrella finds out that the bear wants to eat honey under it, it flies away on the wind. Eventually, it ends up back with the elephant, who uses it to shelter his friends again.

I get that it's supposed to be about generosity, but for me, there was also a strange message about leopards and bears being bad simply for acting like leopards and bears. It's not like animals in the wild use umbrellas anyway, so making the elephant the good guy for acting like a human and the leopard and bear the bad guys for embracing their animal nature seems odd.

The writing isn't that strong. There are a number of punctuation errors. The pictures are very colourful and rather cute, but I'm not loving the story they accompany. It seems very short, too, and could've used another repetition of the "lost-and-found" theme; I'm used to seeing this sort of thing come in threes in picture books. Perhaps that's why I felt like the ending came rather abruptly, since the umbrella was only "found" twice before being returned to the elephant.

The elephant seems like a generous guy. But I question why all these animals need an umbrella in the first place.