Rain Play
CCBC Review:
Sprightly rhyming couplets advance a simple story of children at play in a park when it begins to rain. “See the breeze / toss the trees. / Plip, plop. / Drip, drop.” The kids make the most of watery opportunity, jumping in puddles and finding things that float, until “Flash! Boom!” Thunder and lightning send everyone rushing for the car. “Wipers swish. / Sneakers squish” as they head for the snug comfort of home. Javaka Steptoe’s beautiful, textured collage illustrations show a jubilant—and wet!—group of African American children and a dad engaged in the “rain play” that Cynthia Cotten’s lively narrative describes. ©2008 Cooperative Children’s Book CenterIllustrated by Javaka Steptoe
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-6
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
African Americans
Stories in Rhyme
Weather
Wordplay
Diversity subject:
Black/African
Publisher:
Henry Holt
Publish Year: 2008
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9780805067958
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Cotten