Ruby & Fig The Rainy Day
Some mornings at Norris Lake, the sun rises gold over the ridge. But some mornings, the sky goes grey - and the rain begins.
Fig woke up ready. Ready for swimming. Ready for running. Ready for everything. Then she pressed her nose to the window, and her tail stopped wagging. "Ruby," she whispered, "it is RAINING."
While Fig paces the kitchen, sighs on the floor, and drags her leash to Ruby's feet, her patient big sister quietly walks to the window and sits down. "Come sit with me," Ruby says. And slowly, gently, Ruby teaches Fig how to close her eyes, breathe in the smell of a world just waking up, and listen to the rain tapping the dock like slow, quiet music.
Out on the end of the dock, Fig spots Tito - a small painted turtle with his face turned up to the sky. "Waiting," he tells her, in a voice as old and calm as the lake itself. "The rain is just the lake resting. And resting is important, too."
As Fig sits still in the doorway, the whole rainy world begins to open. A mama duck and four tiny ducklings drift by, unbothered by the weather. The clouds pull apart like curtains. And across the ridge, a rainbow appears.
"Ruby?" Fig says softly. "I think I like rainy days now."
Gently told and beautifully illustrated in warm, painterly detail, Ruby & Fig: The Rainy Day is a tender picture book about patience, stillness, and finding wonder in weather we usually wish away. Perfect for bedtime read-alouds, quiet afternoons, and any child (or grown-up) who needs a reminder that some of the best things only come to those who wait.
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