Peter Spier's Rain

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

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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.

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Read how a brother and sister enjoy their time in the rain. This is a delightful story of an adventure of the two children as the watch the rain begin to fall and travel around the neighborhood watching how things react to the rain and the impact their footsteps have because of the rain. This is a

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wonderful stories for parents as well as children.

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A simple book about rain. I could read this to my students on a rainy day. I could also read it to introduce a lesson about rain.

the book talked about how a brother and sister enjoy their time in the rain. travel around the neighborhood watching how things react to the rain and the impact their footsteps have because of the rain.

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

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are having so much fun together. This book would be a good book to read on a rainy day to the children.

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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. ...

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

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to help tell us the story.

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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

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and I think most kids find that playing in the rain is very enjoyable.

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