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Rain! by Linda Ashman
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Rain! (edition 2013)

by Linda Ashman, Christian Robinson (Illustrator)

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As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles in frog-themed rainwear.
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Title:Rain!
Authors:Linda Ashman
Other authors:Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
Info:Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, c2013.
Collections:Easy Picture
Rating:*****
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Rain! by Linda Ashman

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An older man and a young boy experience the rain totally differently. The boy extends kindness to the older man and changes his outlook on the rainy day.
  KristenRoper | Apr 15, 2024 |
It's me! Ribbit! The power of a smile and a laugh to change people's days. ( )
  suzannekmoses | May 21, 2022 |
Rain! is cute children's book that illustrates a new friendship as the young child, Mr. frog goes out h=with his mother on a rainy day. On this rainy day he helps a neighbor with a change of mind of the weather. Rain! is a winner of the Ezra Keats Award for New Illustrators (Christian Robinson) and was the Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Book of 2014. ( )
  Machuca_jess | Nov 25, 2020 |
Age: 2 - 6

In this book, a little boy is excited about the rain and an old man is not. They meet and he changes the old man's perspective. Simple words, no long sentences, a kindergartner could likely read all the words in this book
  Jessica5858 | Feb 21, 2019 |
A little boy likes the rainy day, while an old grumpy man does not. The boy and his mother head out to a cafe', and the old man is headed to the same one. At the cafe' the boy accidentally bumps into the grumpy man who drops his hat, but doesn't know it. The man leaves and the boy sees his hat and runs to find him. He returns the hat, and the act of kindness has brightened the mans day and he is in a much better mood. This book is in the Lakewood Pierce College Library, and is for ages 3 to 5.
  TashaH | Mar 4, 2018 |
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