This is a cute children's book about weather and earth that I read to my twin boys. I have to say I like this book, and I found it super cute. I think this can be a great book to talk to you kids about rain, snow, or lighting storms. I liked the pictures, but I did not love the pictures. I do not think this book drawn my kids into it 100%. I do read a lot of books to my kids, so they do not get drawn into books just because I am reading to them. They always loved to have books read to them, so they also listen to the books. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Orca Book Publishers) or author (Leslie A. Davidson) via NetGalley, so I can give honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

This lovely poetic board book is a celebration of nature. A diverse group of children worldwide express their love and gratefulness to Mother Earth as she brings them the sun, wind, rain, snow, lightning and thunder for them to experience in their native lands.

"The sun is a shine, that wakens the day, sparkles the dew, makes everything new. Miigwetch, merci, golden Sun. Thank you, thank you, shining one."

Kids not only learn about the weather but also are introduced to different ways to say thank you in a variety of languages. The author has included a list of thank you words for the reader's information. Words spoken in Ojibew, French Canadian, Arabic, Oshiwambo, Spanish, Bangladesh, Sammi, Scottish Gaelic and Mandarin Chinese to name a few. Both young and old will benefit from that knowledge I'm sure.

The illustrations are simple, colourful and engaging. I recommend this book.

The Sun is a Shine is a lovely and peaceful book that I would be happy to use with my 2's and 3's class. It contains many ways to say thank you and show gratefulness for the world we are given in a variety of languages. I liked the list of what each phrase meant, though I would also appreciate a phonetic pronunciation guide to help readers respectfully relay other languages appropriately. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!

Cute book about the weather. Love the cover. I also like how you can learn how to read/say thank you in different languages. #TheSunIsaShine #NetGalley

I read this with my boys last night. I love the different languages. I would suggest adding a way to pronounce them though. And there was a few typos. But all in all a very enjoyable book. Thank you.

The Sun is a Shine uses simple rhyming lines to thank the earth. The texts says thank you in multiple languages, and the authors also make the text inclusive by including diverse and intentionally gender-neutral illustrations. The text follows the title "the ____ is a ___" to thank the sun, wind, rain, snow, lightening, thunder, mist, and moon. This format lends to some awkward lines like "the rain is a wet" and the "snow is a soft," but overall, it seems like a great way to introduce young readers (ages 0-3) to nature appreciation and works well as a board book.

A beautiful ode to nature and how it nurtures and excites. How we live within all the forces of nature and how it provides for us.

This is a fantastic book to teach little ones about nature, weather, and different cultures. I love the way the book has embraced gratitude for the earth and diversity. It's a quick story with beautiful illustrations, so it's a great book for different age groups and a good one to grow into.
Many thanks to Orca Book Publishers and NetGalley for the advance copy.

Very cute book about the weather, with phrases for thank you in Gaelic, Bengali, Spanish Mandarin, Ojibwe, French, Arabic, Oshiwambo and Saami. If you have never heard of some of these languages, well, here you are, you now know about them.

So, not only do you learn about the weather, but you learn about different ways to say thank you from people from the Indigenous community of North America Namibia, Scandinavia, and Bangladesh.

Bright pictures, and gentle story. I think kids will love learning their new words.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.