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Come On, Rain!

by Karen Hesse

A summer day turns into a rain-filled celebration

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Awards & Recognition

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    Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A summer day turns into a rain-filled celebration

Tess’s plea for rain sets the scene: plants droop, cats pant, and heat shimmers along the neighborhood alley. When rain finally arrives, Tess and her friends celebrate together. Karen Hesse’s picture book centers on the shift from a parched summer day to the shared pleasure of a rainstorm, with Jon J Muth’s watercolors accompanying the text.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in weather and nature
  • Families looking for a picture book about a neighborhood’s response to a summer rainstorm

Themes

Summer heat and droughtRain and renewalFriendship and shared celebration

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Book overview

"Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More than anything, Tess hopes for rain. And when it comes, she and her friends are ready for a surprising joyous celebration....Through exquisite language and acute observation, Newbery medalist Karen Hesse recreates the glorious experience of a quenching rainstorm on a sweltering summer day. Jon J Muth's masterful and lyrical watercolors perfectly reflect the spirit of the text.
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