A little one is lonely. He wants to speak to someone but no one is around. His body and heart don't seem to be working right and the only consolation is that he knows that some days are lonely "when it feels like I am the only one under the heavy, heavy skies that are about to rumble." When it starts raining tears fall from his eyes until he remembers that rainbows often appear after showers. This hope renews and lifts his spirits.

Some Days Are Lonely is an emotionally rich picture book written by Young-Ah Kim and illustrated by Ji-Soo Shin for kids 4 through 8 years of age. Published by the press of the American Psychological Association, it includes an edifying "Note to Parents" by clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Mary Lamia. She explains some of the triggers for loneliness and the ways it can cause anxiety in children. She suggests four strategies to defeat loneliness: take risks socially, self-disclose, be responsive, and avoid avoidance.

The little one in the book intuitively senses that his loneliness will not last forever and that it will pass. That is a good and timely message for children as is the idea that good things like rainbows can grow out of seemingly dark and gloomy days and feelings.