Rain Rain Go Away: A Soggy Like Cush Cush Conversation with Karly Pierre and Kristen Uroda

I like it when kids complain.

Not my kids. Definitely not my kids. But when I read a picture book with an authentic kid with authentic gripes, I dunno. It just makes me feel like there’s something legit about the book. So when I read the new picture book Soggy Like Cush Cush by Karly Pierre and Kristen Uroda (out now!), I really felt where Petite Marie was coming from.

But I get ahead of myself. Here’s a quick plot description of the book in question:

Rain falls outside an old Loui...