Arbor Day is on April 30th and is celebrated by planting trees that need rain water to grow. Check the Arbor Day web site at http://www.arborday.org/ and our book list. April is also Poetry Month and April 22 is Earth Day and we have book lists about those too.
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale, by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal, Dial Press for Young Readers, New York, NY 1981
A traditional folk tale in verse about an African plain and the importance of rain to the animals, plants and people who live there.
Come On, Rain, by Karen Hesse, pictures by Jon J. Muth, Scholastic press, New York, NY, 1999
When rain finally comes to the sweltering hot city Tess and her friends celebrate in this beautifully illustrated story by Newbery Medalist Hesse.
A Drop of Rain, by Wong Herbert Yee, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA 1995
Everyone gets confused when rain falling a drop at a time hits the baby's eye so they think the baby is crying.
Peter Spier's Rain by peter Spier, Doubleday, New York, NY, 1982
This picture book tells about two children and a rainstorm without using any words at all.
Its Raining Cats and Dogs: All Kinds of Weather and Why We Have It, by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by True Kelley, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1987
A collection of facts, folklore, and scientific experiments about weather for children.
Rain by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, NY, 2000
Animals on the African savanna sense rain coming and then enjoy it when it comes.
April Showers by George Shannon, pictures by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey, Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1995
The frogs in the garden have a good time hopping in the rain.
Can It Really Rain Frogs? The World's Strangest Weather Events, by Spencer Christian and Antonia Felix, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York,1997
Strange weather events have real explanations and this book discusses them and the science of weather forecasting.
Rain Romp: Stomping Away a Grouchy Day, by Jane Kurtz, pictures by Dyanna Wolcott, Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 2002
The heroine of this story doesn't want to get out of bed but a stomp in the rain changes her mood.
The Puddle by David McPhail, Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1998
A small boy who sets out to sail his boat in a puddle is joined by some unexpected strange animals.
Rainy Morning, by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Jill Pinkwater, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, NY 1998
On a very rainy morning Mr. & Mrs. Submarine invite a cat, dog, coyote, wildebeest, Ludwig van Bethoven, the United States Marine Band, and others to come out of the rain and into their home to share a breakfast of tea and corn muffins.
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