Down Comes the Rain
10 best books like Down Comes the Rain (Franklyn Mansfield Branley): Come On, Rain!, Thunder Cake, Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf, Giant Squid, The Reasons for Seasons, Rain School, The Raft, Leaf Man
| Author | Karen Hesse |
| ISBN | 0590331256 |
I love the colors of this book. It’s about a time that I really don’t like; those hot muggy days you can hardly breath and people are praying for rain to keep things from dying. I can’t stand that time. It makes me want to live in Scotland.
A Mama is taking care of her wilting plants and a girl...
| Author | Patricia Polacco |
| ISBN | 0698115813 |
A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients...
Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt
| Author | Marjorie Weinman Sharmat |
| ISBN | 0440403413 |
Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries!
It is Halloween night, and all the kids are dressed up to go trick-or-treating. But Nate's...
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
| Author | Linda Williams |
| ISBN | 0064431835 |
“A splendiferous Halloween story.” —
The Horn Book
“A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year.” —
School Library Journal
(starred review)
Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the...
| Author | Lois Ehlert |
| ISBN | 0152661972 |
While I certainly do much enjoy the bright and expressive collage like illustrations (especially of the woodpeckers which just happen to also be my favourite birds), I personally think that it would have been better for Lois Ehlert to have either penned a non-fiction book about sugar maples (and woodpeckers)...
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 1596435992 |
The giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures in the world. As large as whales, they hide beyond reach deep within the sea, forcing scientists to piece together their story from those clues they leave behind.
An injured whale's ring-shaped scars indicate an encounter with a giant squid....
| Author | Gail Gibbons |
| ISBN | 0823412385 |
Cold winters, hot summers--year after year the seasons repeat themselves. But what causes them?
Why is there winter in the Southern Hemisphere at the same time there is summer in the Northern Hemisphere? In summertime, why is it still light out in the evening? With simple language appropriate...
| Author | James Rumford |
| ISBN | 0547243073 |
It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road.
"Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks.
"Will they give us a pencil?"
"Will I learn to read?"
But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a...
| Author | Jim LaMarche |
| ISBN | 0064438562 |
Inspired by various experiences from his childhood, Jim LaMarche, beloved illustrator of A Story for Bear and The Elves and the Shoemaker, brings this touching story about one boy's unexpected summer as a river rat to life with his bold, picturesque paintings.
Nicky isn't one bit happy about...
| Author | Lois Ehlert |
| ISBN | 0152053042 |
Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one's quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows.
With illustrations...
