Beautifully illustrated and a great story about rain. Would be very useful as a story for when children learn about it at school

First of all I have to mention how gorgeous the illustrations in this book are. I love how they are soft and soothing, not garish, but still attention catching. I read this to my children after having several days of rain and it was a delight to read. The rhyming text with the beautiful illustrations made for a perfect match! It's an easy and straightforward yet lovely way to discuss the water cycle.

The illustrations in this book were absolutely fantastic! As someone who paints (gouache, acrylic) as a hobby, it was such a delight reading this in my phone. I can only imagine how much more gorgeous they would look like printed. The color palette was very eye-catching, the style simple yet realistic.

It's also great that the phrases were broken down into half phrases for most of the pages. A great addition to any kid's library!

Loved the poem, ‘It Starts With a Raindrop’ by Aimee Gallagher. The book breaks down each line of the poem to its own page with cute sketch’s to go with it. At the end of the book it has the entire poem on one page then an extra page for older kids that talks a little bit more about the watch cycle.

Thank you NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group - words & picture, and Aimee Gallagher for an eARC copy of ‘It Starts With a Raindrop’.

It Starts With a Raindrop celebrates the role that a raindrop plays in the water cycle and the contribution that it makes to sustain a healthy, thriving planet. This beautifully illustrated, non fiction picture book simply and effectively describes a scientific concept in a way that young children can understand.

This gentle rhyming book shows how important a raindrop is wherever it falls - in cold places as snow or as part of a tropical storm. It explains how rain soaks into the ground to help plants grow and animals thrive before it evaporates and joins others to become a cloud. It simultaneously educates and entertains while stimulating curiosity about the world around us.

We love the whimsical watercolour illustrations which bring the raindrop's journey to life. Each page conveys joy and the book ends with a fabulous fold-out scene which celebrates the ways we can enjoy water and encourages us to go outside and enjoy the contribution that raindrops make to our everyday lives.

This was really cute! It was a quick read with fun rhyming and showed the importance and cycle of water in nature in a simple to understand way for kids.

I loved this! This is a perfect way to introduce the water cycle to young kids! Plus the illustrations are so so pretty!!

The beautiful illustrations and compelling journey of the raindrop will have me reaching for this book time after time. What an amazing and lyrical way to teach the water cycle!

The water cycle for very young readers, and as a verse? A most successful and enjoyably rhyming verse, what's more? Accompanied by delightful nature watercolours, but also presented plain at the back so you can absorb the words without the visual distraction? And with a bonus, double-sized spread to close? I'm struggling to think of flaws here, so have gone down a surprising and weird rhetorical question route. I didn't think the poem flowed as well as the water at first – it seemed each spread had a kind of odd place in a kind of higgledy-piggledy structure, but it comes together by the finish, and the lesson is a delightful one all told. As close to five stars as makes no difference.

A visible poem that teaches the water cycle.
The illustrations by Sally Garland are clear, finely detailed (check out the monarch butterflies!), meaningful, and beautifully colored.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to EVERYONE, but especially to a school, hospital, or your local public library!
I requested and received a free temporary EARC on Adobe Digital Editions from Quarto Publishing Group – words & pictures | words & pictures via NetGalley. Thank you!

In addition to being a storybook, It Starts With A Raindrop by Aimee Gallagher is also a teaching book. In the story "It starts with a raindrop...", children will enjoy listening to how that raindrop creates a puddle, drenches the earth, creates blizzards and tropical storms, soaks the ground and fills the rivers, warms the water and turns it into steam, which rises and cools and forms clouds in the sky. A guide is included at the end of the book that details further into the topics "It Starts With a Raindrop", "The Water Cycle", and "The Three States Of Water".

Thank you NetGalley! This was a cute book teaching about the water cycle! My son loved it and the science in the back further explaining the water cycle in simple terms.

This would be the perfect way to introduce type lilting one to the water cycle. It is cute and easy to follow, yet informative. The illustrations are beautiful as well

I read It Starts With A Raindrop with my 4 year old who thoroughly enjoyed it.

This is a lovely rhyming story explaining how water becomes rain. The book does an amazing job at getting the information across while still being a really fun read. The illustrations throughout are absolutely lovely. I also enjoyed the story being written in its entirety at the back of the book so it can be read as one which flows nicely, rather than the stilted reading of one page to the next.

The in-depth look at how water becomes rain at the back of the book is very detailed but is something that will go over younger children's heads. The story itself does what it needs to by giving younger children an introduction to the science behind rain.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I loved the illustrations in this book, they were really stand out for me.

It is a well written book and I loved that the story rhymed.

The story teaches as well as being a good story so that is always going to be a plus for me as a mum.

I really enjoyed it as a parent and my daughter loved it.

It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!

We absolutely love this series for our personal library. We have "It Starts with a Seed" and "It Starts with a Bee" which are both so wonderful for unit studies. This newest book "It Starts with a Raindrop" is my son's new favorite! The illustrations alone are absolutely stunning and the lyrical text has a smooth cadence as I read to my children. We will definitely be buying the physical copy when it is published. This is an excellent addition to this wonderful nature series and a MUST if you are a homeschool family wanting to add supplemental reading for your nature studies!

I adored reading this to my kids! The illustrations are beautiful and what a fun way to introduce the water cycle!

This book is a wonderful illustrated story that teaches young minds about the importance of rain and the water cycle. It Starts With a Raindrop shares a beautiful illustration of earth’s incredible creations.

Huge appreciation for the non-fiction section added at the end of the story to provide interesting facts for the kiddos! A perfect addition for teachers to have in their classrooms.

Few authors have the ability to take a complex scientific process and translate it in a way which even young children can understand. Aimee Gallagher was able to simply the cycle of water in this book, “It Starts With A Raindrop.”

With soft, pleasant rhymes Gallagher, along with the beautiful illustrations by Sally Garland, shows children how water cycles throughout earth and why we need it. Unlike many other authors, Gallagher doesn’t overwhelm children with the minutiae. With Garland’s help, she clearly shows the process, thereby avoiding confusion.

This is a really well thought out children’s book and one that will be an absolute joy for both children and their parents to read.

I received an ARC of “It Starts With A Raindrop” by Aimee Gallagher from NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group, and words & pictures in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Being a ESL (English as a second language) teacher as well as a professional involved in reading programs, I read this book with using two different lenses and I loved it!
First of all, the fact that it rhymes makes this book perfect to be read aloud. In addition to that, the language used is rich, but presents simple grammar structures which is definitely a plus when reading it in an English Language class.
The story has a very good vibe to it because and the last two pages can prove extremely useful for kids interested in a more scientific approach.
Finally, I enjoyed the style of the pictures.

I’ll definitely buy this book!