Author: Karla Kuskin
Illustrated by: Reg Cartwright

If April showers are in your forecast, then it’s imperative that you read James And The Rain with your tots! With expanded text and updated illustrations the 1957 out-of-print copy has been revived!

“James pressed his nose against the pane and saw a million drops of rain.
The earth was wet, the sky was gray, it looked like it would rain all day.”

But a downpour does not discourage James—rather, he grabs his bright yellow raincoat and a gigantic umbrella and sets out on an adventure. He meets up with animals. Do they know of any excellent rainy day games? The animals are encountered in numerically ordered sets, making this classic story a counting book in it’s own right. From one cow, two ducks, three toads…and many more. They splash and slip and puddle jump!

Karla Kuskin uses whimsical text filled with lots of rhyming and repetition, engaging the reader from start to finish. James and the Rain is also filled with wonderful vocabulary words not to be missed.