Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Informationen zum Autor Verna Aardema (1911-2000) was a highly acclaimed storyteller and the author of many books of African folktales. Her book, Who’s in Rabbit’s House? , illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, was an ALA Notable Children’s Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 1977. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears , also illustrated by the Dillons, was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and was chosen as an ALA Notable Children’s Book, as was a third Aardema-Dillon collaboration, Behind the Back of the Mountain . Klappentext A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of "The House That Jack Built." Zusammenfassung A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.   Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of “The House That Jack Built.”

Product details

• Authors: Verna Aardema
• Assisted by: Beatriz Vidal (Illustration)
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1981
• EAN: 9780803708099
• ISBN: 978-0-8037-0809-9
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 281 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Reading Rainbow Books; Reading Rainbow Books
• Subject: Children's and young people's books