It’s a wonderfully sunny Spring day but Bear has woken up to find a storm cloud hanging above his head and he just can’t get rid of it. Can his friends help him to find his way through the storm to discover the brightest of rainbows?

A beautiful, life-affirming and hopeful story about sitting with sadness, the power of friendship, and learning that the brightest rainbows always come after a storm.

Frances Stickley is a former primary school teacher and trained literacy specialist. Her picture books have been published by Walker, Andersen, Nosy Crow, Magic Cat and Simon & Schuster. She lives in Nottinghamshire. 

Emily Hamilton is a self-taught illustrator based in North Devon. She uses watercolours, gouache, pencils and ink, pulled together with a flurry of Photoshop. She is published by Bloomsbury and Andersen Press.