Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Reading Rainbow Book)
 

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Reading Rainbow Book)

by Verna Aardema

The story of how Ki-pat ingeniously brings rain to the arid Kapiti Plain. "Cumulative rhyming tale with the rhythm and repetition of The House That Jack Built . . . Illustrations are stylized, simple, and dramatic."--School Library Journal. (read review)

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LeAnne H
  • Rated 5 stars

This cumulative rhyme in the tradition of “The House that Jack Built” tells how a Kenyan herdsman caused the rains to begin.

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  • Rated 4.15 stars
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  • Rated 5 stars
 

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  • creativecarryout

    creativecarryout said:

    Great book - African folk tale told like a cumulative nursery rhyme similar to "The House that Jack Built." Bright, beautiful illustrations too!

    posted Monday, June 18 2007
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