Sometimes Rain
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Celebrate the four seasons of the year and all of the fun that comes with them with this lyrical, rhyming picture book from the author of I Heart You.
Sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows, sometimes the sun shines, and sometimes the trees change color. But no matter what the seasons bring, there is lots of fun to be had! This lyrical exploration of the four seasons and all of the wonder that they bring is illustrated with vibrant watercolors.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Playing children and snow-covered evergreens illuminate verse by Fleming (Ready, Set, Build) that celebrates play throughout the seasons. The writer's telegraphic lines ("Sometimes splashing. Yellow sun") let Sudyka (The Secret Keepers) convey the beauty of nature's change and the things four children and a friendly hound find to do in it. They explore the woods with perfect freedom, cavort in the snow ("Sometimes sledding./ Frozen toes"), make mud pies ("So much melt,/ the mud is growing!"), and crawl through the grass ("Sometimes blazing secret trails./ Sometimes finding/ frogs and snails"). In several spreads, Sudyka paints the movement of air with feathery strokes of blue or white that curl into the forms of birds, animals, and other motifs. It's a striking effect, especially in combination with quieter observations such as fungus on a tree trunk or seeds floating in the wind. At the end of the adventure, a brother and sister are folded into their mother's embrace: "Always welcome,/ always home." Children who have experienced nature up close will recognize all the pleasures Fleming celebrates. Ages 4 8. Author's)
