Who Likes the Rain?

Rain — it makes puddles for jumping in, helps birds to clean their feathers and brings out snails and worms. But what is rain? And how does it transform the world around us? With a wonderful sense of movement and color, this unique book in the Exploring the Elements series invites children to explore their world with delight and curiosity. Young readers will open the flaps to find the science of rain and related topics clearly explained. Inside, they will discover why rain falls, what raindrops really look like, why the air smells different after a rain and much more.

Learn about the rain and how it transforms our world in this engaging book from the Exploring the Elements series for young learners.

Children's Literature

The small format of these books is significantly augmented by the ability to unfold a large flap on the right-hand page. In the opening scene with the flap closed, there is a question posed. Who likes the rain? Readers see a young boy with an umbrella and a sad dog tied to a pole. When the flap is opened a group of people are all exclaiming that they like the rain and the pooch is being rescued by his mistress. Succeeding pages explain how rain is important, why it rains, what raindrops look like, and why puddles form. Other questions that kids have about rainstorms including why there are lightening and thunder, how different animals react to rain, why the air smells so good after a storm, why worms come out, and where the excess water goes, are all clearly explained. The pictures, diagrams, and text make this an excellent introduction to science on a topic that kids will readily relate to and a very handy reference for parents who need to answer those "why" questions in terms that younger children can understand.

Award-winning author and teacher Etta Kaner enjoys writing nonfiction for both children and adults. Her books include Animals Migrating, Animal Talk , Animal Groups and other titles in the Animal Behavior series, as well as four titles in the Kids Can Read series. She is also author of the Exploring the Elements and Have You Ever Seen series. She lives in Toronto.

Marie Lafrance has been a more than full-time illustrator for most of her life, drawing pictures for magazines, newspapers, posters, billboards, boxes of jelly powder, board games, and the likes. She also illustrated tons of educational books, and eventually segued into what constitutes now the backdrop of her life, picture books. She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her husband and three inspirational tools, daughter Béatrice, dog Lélé and cat Melou.