It's fun to jump in puddles in spring, eat ice cream in summer, pick apples in fall, and build snowmen in winter. What do YOU do during the four seasons?

This story is about the things you can do on rainy days and on sunny days.

Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Glass half-full or half-empty? Do you look on the bright side or turn towards the dark? These are easy questions for most of us to answer, because our personality types are hard-wired into our brains. As pioneering psychologist and neuroscientist Elaine Fox has discovered, our outlook on life reflects our primal inclination to seek pleasure or avoid danger -- inclinations that, in many people, are healthily balanced. But when our "fear brain" or "pleasure brain" is too strong, the results can be disastrous, as those of us suffering from debilitating shyness, addiction, depression, or anxiety know all too well. Luckily, anyone suffering from these afflictions has reason to hope. Stunning breakthroughs in neuroscience show that our brains are more malleable than we ever imagined. In Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain, Fox describes a range of techniques -- from traditional cognitive behavioral therapy to innovative cognitive-retraining exercises -- that can actually alter our brains' circuitry, strengthening specific thought processes by exercising the neural systems that control them. The implications are enormous: lifelong pessimists can train themselves to think positively and find happiness, while pleasure-seekers inclined toward risky or destructive behavior can take control of their lives. Drawing on her own cutting-edge research, Fox shows how we can retrain our brains to brighten our lives and learn to flourish. With keen insights into how genes, life experiences and cognitive processes interleave together to make us who we are, Rainy Brain, SunnyBrain revolutionizes our basic concept of individuality. We learn that we can influence our own personalities, and that our lives are only as "sunny" or as "rainy" as we allow them to be.

Sunny, Rainy, and their mother (Mother Nature) are fictional characters with meaningful real-life experiences. The story gives a playful look at what the sun and the rain provide for us every day. It also touches on the fact that the sun and rain can be used metaphorically to describe our moods and our feelings. Sunny is a happy, bubbly child who is powerful, purposeful, and bright. Rainy has a more serious yet sweet personality, but she is still powerful and purposeful in her own way. Mother Nature is the wise visionary who births them, loves them, and teaches them that they are different but equally important.

A delightful picture book about a wonderfully wet walk. Simple text and colourful illustrations introduce the science of rain to very young children. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet.

Read and discover all about weather. What makes Earth warm? What falls from clouds? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.

Sunny, Rainy, and their mother (Mother Nature) are fictional characters with meaningful real-life experiences. The story gives a playful look at what the sun and the rain provide for us every day. It also touches on the fact that the sun and rain can be used metaphorically to describe our moods and our feelings. Sunny is a happy, bubbly child who is powerful, purposeful, and bright. Rainy has a more serious yet sweet personality, but she is still powerful and purposeful in her own way. Mother Nature is the wise visionary who births them, loves them, and teaches them that they are different but equally important.