by Uri Shulevitz (Author), Uri Shulevitz (Illustrator)
It rains! It rains all over town, pattering congenially on windowpanes and rooftops. From indoors, a child watches, listens, and feels a delicious coziness. It rains on the fields, the hills, the ponds. The streams and brooks, the rivers and seas, surge and swell exuberantly. Tomorrow there will be warm mud to play in, and puddles, and in the puddles pieces of sky. It pours.
This picture book by the winner of the 1969 Caldecott Medal is a lyrical celebration of rain's inspiring effect on Mother Nature--on human nature, too. Its few words and panoramic pictures are buoyant with growth and freshness.
Rain Rain Rivers is a 1969 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year.
Author Biography
Uri Shulevitz is a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author. He has written and illustrated many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Medal-winner The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, written by Arthur Ransome. He has also earned three Caldecott Honors, for The Treasure, Snow, and How I Learned Geography.
Number of Pages: 32
Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.7 x 9.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 08, 2006
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Rain Rain Rivers
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 1.5
Point Value: 0.5
