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| Author | Taro Yashima |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Taro Yashima |
| Cover artist | Taro Yashima |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Picture book |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 30 pp |
| OCLC | 5772634 |
Umbrella by Taro Yashima is a children's picture book that was named the 1959 Caldecott Honor Book.[1] Umbrella is a short story where a little girl is the principal character. Her name is Momo which mean “peach” in Japanese. Momo is a little girl who was born in New York.
Momo carry the blue umbrella and wears the rubber boots that her parents had given on her third birthday. She asks her mother every day to use her umbrella. Momo tried to tell her mother she needed to carry the umbrella to the school because the sunshine and the wind bothered her eyes. But her mother didn't let her use the umbrella and advises her to wait until the rain comes. The rain took a long time to fall down because was Indian summer, however, when the rain come, her umbrella was the perfect excuse to use that day. Momo was happy, the rain sound over her umbrella was a music for her. It is a fresh children's story with classic and very colorful Japanese illustrations belonging of its culture.
