Peter Spier's Rain

This wordless book captures the adventures of a young brother and sister who have many adventures during a spring rain. The story starts with them playing in their backyard and when it starts to drizzle they grab their rain coats and an umbrella and play in the rain. They splash in the puddles, play under downspouts, and observe what the animals do in the rain. When it gets too windy, they run back home change into dry close and go to sleep.

Each of the scenes in the book as wonderful detail to help trigger the imagination but the images are small enough that they won't become overwhelmed by a lot of detail all at one time. There is wonderful action, and movement in the story and the illustrations are colorful but in somewhat muted show more colors. There are many ways that this book can hook its reader. Most children will have done or experienced many of these activities and will have a personal connection that makes it easier for them to narrate the story in their own words. show less

Rain is a simple wordless picture book that depicts two children who decide to explore around the neighborhood once it starts raining heavily outside. They explore around their neighborhood and interact with certain features around them. Tipping wheelbarrows, walking on the flooded parts of the road, playing with ducks, and spraying water from a hose are but a few of the activities that they did. This picture book in particular, is effective for children in my opinion because it is extremely relatable. In fact, children probably have experienced similar situations multiple times throughout their lives. It is because that this book is relatable for children as well as being wordless, that bringing in an activity involving creative show more writing is only natural. Children can interpret how they wish and decide what sentences they want to add to the pictures. The different types of transactions would certainly lead to an interesting presentation of each child's unique take on the story. show less

This book would be great to teach kindergarteners about picture walks. With the book only having pictures you could really get the students thinking about what is going on and get creative with what they think the author is wanting us to know. It’s a great way to introduce looking at the pictures to help tell us the story.

This is a true picture book. There is no text. This book could be used to illicit conversation or narration with a student or class. At times it may be hard to follow, because the illustrations are not always in a regular order or pattern on the page. However, the pictures do tell a detailed story of two children who go out to play in the rain one day. The watercolor sketches in usual Peter Spier fashion are full of minute details.

I think this book would be great for a 2nd or 3rd grade classroom. I would read it to both boys and girls. I would tie it into a lesson of retelling. Each student re-writes the story in his/her point of view. I think my audience would enjoy this book because the pictures are very vivid and colorful and I think most kids find that playing in the rain is very enjoyable.

This wordless picture book captures the beauty and wonder of a brother and sister's joyous experiences in the rain. Come along as they explore their neighborhood, splash through puddles, see where the animals hide, and make footprints in the mud. ...

I thought that this was a pretty cool book that could be a good story time book. This book is about a brother and sister who have fun in the rain. The put their rain boots on and rain coats and go out and splash and run and jump in mud puddles. The see animals run in different directions, but they are having so much fun together. This book would be a good book to read on a rainy day to the children.