Rain! Board Book
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 28, 2017
A Picture Books pick for readers exploring Rain!
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- Who it’s for
- A city downpour looks different through a child’s exuberance and a grumpy man’s grumbles.
- Themes
- Finding joy in a rainy day, Cheering up a grouchy person
- Genres
- Weather Stories, City & Town Life, Big Feelings
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2014 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award Winner *“Altogether delightful.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review One rainy day in the city, an eager little boy exclaims, “Rain!” Across town a grumpy man grumbles, “Rain.” In this endearing book, now in board book format, a rainy-day cityscape comes to life in vibrant, cut-paper-style artwork. The boy in his green frog hat splashes in puddles—“Hoppy, hoppy, hoppy!”—while the old man curses the “dang puddles.”
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Can the boy’s natural exuberance (and perhaps a cookie) cheer up the grouchy gentleman and turn the day around?
Rainy-Day Contrasts
A city downpour looks different through a child’s exuberance and a grumpy man’s grumbles.
Come here for
- Puddle-splashing energy set against a rainy-day grouch
- Vibrant cut-paper-style city artwork
Expect
- A playful contrast in how two people meet the rain
- Board-book format for sharing aloud
Where it sits
| Big Feelings | 66% |
|---|---|
| Weather Stories | 51% |
| City & Town Life | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Opposites
- US: African American Stories
- Multigenerational Families
- City & Town Life
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- Country Life
- Environment & Conservation
- Weather Stories
- Growing Up
- Authors
- Linda Ashman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 28, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Finding joy in a rainy day · Cheering up a grouchy person
- Reading lane
- Opposites