| Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Contributor(s): Aardema, Verna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140546162 ISBN-13: 9780140546163 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1992 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Weather - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Africa - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: E |
| Series: Reading Rainbow Books |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 10.71" W x 8.34" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 9758 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |