110 // Rain! / Linda Ashman, ill. Christian Robinson

Rain! / Linda Ashman, ill. Christian Robinson

• Houghton Mifflin

• 2013

• Weather

• 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.” Can the boy’s natural exuberance (and perhaps a cookie) cheer up the grouchy gentleman and turn the day around? - From Amazon

• Weather

• I love Robinson's city scapes! - This story reminded me of Snow by Uri Schulevitz in the contrast of a child's joy vs. adult grumps regarding weather. I might pair them for a compare and contrast lesson. I thought it was neat how the font changes for the character's voices!