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A child enjoys a glorious day in the rain, listening to the varied sounds it makes as it comes down.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-- The various sounds that the rain makes are explored in this poetic picture book. A young child hears the ``first fat raindrops'' fall on ``the soft summer dust of a country road.'' She sees the tiny holes the drops make, and smells the wet dust. As the storm progresses, the text fine tunes readers' ears to the different sounds of rain on umbrellas, ponds, roofs, and highways. Such vivid sensory images have immediate appeal for even the youngest read-aloud audience. Equally appealing are the watercolor illustrations that follow the young girl and her dog on their rainy-day wanderings that eventually lead to home, supper, and bed. Bright yellow and green dominate the pages, providing the perfect backdrop for the brown-limbed girl in her red galoshes and flowered dress. The freedom, joy, and warmth of the illustrations make this book a pure delight. A perfect rainy-day read-aloud that will be hard to keep on the shelf. --Carolyn Polese, Gateway Community School, Arcata, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Unlike Serfozo and Narahashi's previous collaborations ( Who Said Red? ; Who Wants One? ), this gentle picture book forgoes lilting rhythms and rhymes in favor of a prose-like text brimming with onomatopoeic sounds. A girl and her black dog walk through the rain, listening as the drops ping on an old tin roof, hiss on the highway and ``Bup Bup Bup Bup'' on their umbrella. ``Listen to the / PlopPlipPlipPlipPlipPlip / as it speckles the smooth surface of the pond. / To mother Duck / that says, / ``Time to go for a swim.'' They curl up before a fire, go to sleep, and awaken the next morning to find a rainbow. Although the text strains to stretch this slight concept to 32 pages, Narahashi's bright, appealing watercolors capture the wonder of ``silvery slants of rain.'' Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
A simple celebration of a child enjoying the sounds of rain from 'plomp', 'ping', and 'plip' to 'whoosh', 'hiss', and 'bup bup'. After supper and a bath, she lies cozily in her mother's lap listening to a story and the spit and sizzle of raindrops on the burning logs in the fireplace. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
A gentle concept book explores the many sounds of rain, from a ""Ploomp"" in the soft summer dust to the drumming on a roof that makes bed seem especially cozy. Nicely cadenced text: deft, glowing watercolors. Not so innovative as this team's Who Said Red? (1988) but nice nonetheless. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Ages 3-5. With onomatopoeic text and fresh, buoyant illustrations, this attractive volume re-creates the solitary delights of rainy-day play. A little black girl takes her dog and a big umbrella on a walk, listening to the different ways the rain talks as it strikes road and roof and pond. From the "ploomp" of a raindrop in the dust to the "pingading" of one on a tin roof, Serfozo has captured a wide variety of sweet and soothing rain sounds. Narahashi's splotchy, soft-edged watercolors in wetly glowing greens, blues, and yellows recall not only the look, but also the smell and feel of a cool summer shower. A bright blue sky with a rainbow brings things to a sunny close. ~--Leone McDermott