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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Reading Rainbow Book)

by Verna Aardema

ISBN13: 9780140546163
ISBN10: 0140546162
Condition: Standard
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The story of how Ki-pat ingeniously brings rain to the arid Kapiti Plain. "Cumulative rhyming tale with the rhythm and repetition of The House That Jack Built . . . Illustrations are stylized, simple, and dramatic".--School Library Journal.

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: abbe, September 23, 2009 (view all comments by abbe)
My 2-year old grandson and I absolutely LOVE this book! The rhyming, sing-song rhythm of this old African tale is just delicious! I have always enjoyed reading children's stories aloud, but this one takes the cake! And the illustrations are simply the icing to this already-beautiful story.
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ISBN:: 9780140546163
Author:: Aardema, Verna
Publisher:: Puffin Books
Author:: Aardema, Verna
Author:: A
Author:: Verna Aardem
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Africa
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Children's fiction
Subject:: Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
Subject:: Rain and rainfall
Subject:: Stories in rhyme
Subject:: Fairy Tales & Folklore - African
Subject:: Droughts
Subject:: Ethnic - African American
Subject:: People & Places - Africa
Subject:: Nature & the Natural World - Weather
Subject:: Children s-General
Edition Description:: Trade Paper, Picture
Series:: Reading Rainbow Book
Series Volume:: 5609
Publication Date:: May 1992
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: from P up to 2
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 32
Dimensions:: 8.34x10.71x.14 in. .30 lbs.
Children's Book Type:: Picture / Wordless
Age Level:: 04-08

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