Maxwell, the Raindrop Who Wouldn't Fall

"Maxwell, the Raindrop Who Wouldn't Fall" is a picture book with a positive message. It encourages kids to be happy with who they are. Maxwell wants to be a bird, a flower or a rainbow...anything but a raindrop. Through the course of the story, all of the raindrops fall from the grandfatherly cloud; except Maxwell. The cloud gently tries to assure Maxwell that he is important simply being himself. After all of the rain has fallen, Maxwell sees a flower at the corner of a field that has been missed by the rain. He understands that the flower will dry up without water. Maxwell suddenly realizes the importance in being a raindrop, and falls to save the flower.