A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.  Ages 4 and up

Rosie, a little dog, is afraid of nothing except thunder and during one very bad storm, she discovers that the boy who she lives with is frightened, too.  Ages 3 and up

An elephant finds a “thingamabob” and experiments until he discovers what to do with it.  Ages 2 and up

The rain provides opportunities to feel it fall, hear it patter, and mix a mud pie.  Ages 2 and up

The animals of the African savanna use their senses to predict and then enjoy the rain.  Ages 3 and up

Although her parents love walking in the rain, Baby Duck does not–until Grandpa shares a secret with her.  Ages 3 and up

Sadie and her father have been planning a trip to the zoo for a long time but something always gets in the way, so when they finally start out and her father sees some raindrops, Sadie insists there is no rain on her side of the car.  Ages 4 and up

A young girl and her dog find many things to count on a rainy day, both as they play outside and after they come home to a warm, dry house.  Ages 3 and up

As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles in frog-themed rainwear.  Ages 4 and up

Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers–until the weather takes a turn for the worse.  Ages 4 and up

Dressed in raincoats and carrying umbrellas, a platoon of aunts march through the rainy city streets led by a little girl with a drum in this cumulative rhyme.  Ages 4 and up

A pig and various other animals crowd under a tree to escape the rain.  Ages 3 and up

A child describes all the things there are to do on a rainy day.  Ages 2 and up

When a storm comes, Rover expects to have his doghouse all to himself but finds that various other animals, including a skunk, come to join him. It’s raining cats and dogs! Good thing Rover is snuggled safe and dry inside his doghouse–until, one by one, a soggy menagerie of creatures shows up looking for a cozy place to sit out the storm. But who’s the very unwelcome surprise visitor? Skunk, of course. Suddenly that doghouse isn’t quite so crowded after all!  Ages 3 and up