Umbrella by Taro Yashima

Momo, a Japanese American girl, receives red rubber boots and an umbrella for her birthday in spring.  She can't wait to use her umbrella and tries to convince her mom that she needs it to shade herself from the sun.  Finally it rains and Momo is able to wear her birthday boots and carry her umbrella.  This book is a Caldecott Honor Book which means it didn't win the Caldecott but they thought it had some pretty nice pictures. 

 

The Quarreling Book by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Arnold Lobel

This little green book looks like a classic.  On a rainy day, a man forgets to kiss his wife and starts a chain reaction of negativity.  When the negativity is directed toward a dog, it wants to play and reverses the chain of negativity. 

 

Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt

This book was written by a hypochondriac and is about a hypochondriac squirrel who never ever leaves his tree.  One day he drops his emergency kit and when he jumps to get it, discovers he's actually a flying squirrel!