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For April, I recommended the picture book Who Likes Rain? for dance educator Maria Hanley Blakemore to use in her creative movement classes in New York City. After you read this post, hop over to Maria's Movers to see how she used the book with her young dancers. You can also read more about our monthly collaboration here.
In April 2007, when my first daughter was a little over two years old, Henry Holt and Company published the rhyming picture book Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee. Our local library bought a copy, and I discovered it sometime later that year. Our second daughter grew into a toddler, and for the next couple of years I continued checking the book out from time to time.
I've always loved books about rain, and this is one of my favorites for toddlers and young preschoolers. It even comes in a small size (about half the size of most picture books) that is perfect for little hands. It's one of those books I would have loved to own, but for some reason I never bought a copy for myself.
My daughters are a little older now and have moved on to more complex picture books, so it was such a treat to check this book out from the library again in preparation for my post. The first page of my library copy has scribble marks all over it--some in brown crayon and some in black marker. I guess some other toddlers have been enjoying the book, too!
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Thanks, I just had a Rainy Day storytime. This book is too small (in size) to read with a group, but it would make a great flannel story. Have you seen My Red Umbrella by Robert Bright? It would work great for a movement activity b/c the little girl with the umbrella is visited by different animals. I could picture one little one with an umbrella and all the others dancing like animals!
Hi, Miss Courtney. Although I love the size of this book, I can see how it wouldn't be the best for storytime. I hadn't heard of My Red Umbrella, but I just looked it up and it looks charming. Another out-of-print rain book I love (but one for very young children) is The Way the Storm Stops by Michelle Meadows--about a mother comforting her young child during a thunderstorm. Cute rhyming text and gorgeous illustrations. Thanks for stopping by!
WHO LIKES RAIN sounds wonderful, I will have to look for this. It made me think of, SPLASH! POEMS OF OUR WATERY WORLD by Constance Levy. It has poems about rain and dabbles in snow and fog as well.
oooooh! I am going to check out Who Likes the Rain? It sounds like just the type of book I love! The other two selections by the same author look interesting too. Thanks for introducing me to this writer.
Hi Kerry! What a fabulous collection you shared with us here today. I haven;t borrowed anything by Wong Herbert Yee yet but I shall definitely check out his books from our library. I have a feeling that his picture books would fit in quite nicely with our next bimonthly theme which we would be launching in a week's time. Thanks for sharing all these. :)
All of these sound like books I want to check out. I think my grandchildren would love them! Thanks for telling us about them.
Hi, Betsy. I have so many rhyming picture books but really need to grow our home library of poetry books. The book you mention by Constance Levy sounds like it would complement our "rain" picture books really well!
Thanks for stopping by! Another rain book for toddlers that I really love (though it is out of print) is The Way the Storm Stops by Michelle Meadows :)
Hi, Myra! Oh, now you have my curiosity peaked about what your theme will be next week. Rain? Weather? Seasons? I will have to visit your blog for sure!
What a lovely post! Thank you.