Synopses & Reviews
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (PB)
Synopsis
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of The House That Jack Built. "
Synopsis
The rainy season is late and the plains of Africa are brown and dry. A herdsman named Ki-pat helps to bring the rain.