"Oscar Buckle lives in a city where it's always raining. And when it isn't raining, it's about to rain, so the townspeople have learned to embrace it. Oscar's father is an umbrella maker-appropriate for a place where you can't leave home without one!-but while Buckle Umbrellas are strong, reliable, and high quality, they're expensive. Because of this, people are buying from the competitor instead, which is threatening Oscar's family's business. To...

Rain, rain, go away! These dinos are all ready to play! When a stormy day keeps the dinos inside, they make quite a mess! And no wonder--even little dinosaurs are much too big and rowdy to play inside! This endearing board book is sure to resonate with little ones who have ever been cooped up on a rainy day.

"From debut author/illustrator Rachel Katstaller comes this rich, evocative folk tale inspired by stories she heard growing up in El Salvador. Itzel lives happily with her grandmother at the edge of the jungle. When the rains fail to come to water their crops, putting their livelihood at risk, her grandmother tells her that the giant snake is the one who announces the arrival of the rain. But many people don't believe in him anymore, so he has retreated...

"Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate the seasons of the year and the joy each one brings" -- from page facing title page.

Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.

A young boy watches and listens as the Rain Train takes him on a ride past city lights, over rivers, and through tunnels one rainy night.

As a school assignment, all the students at Silverlake Elementary are building boats, but Sophie worries that they will not be able to use the boats when there is no rain to fill the pond.

As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.

Why did Itsy Bitsy make his famous journey? With a dose of warmth and whimsy, Steve Light's remarkable, intricate artwork spins a backstory of unexpected friendship. Itsy Bitsy sits at home, drinking tea, all alone... Everyone knows the rhyme "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." We know about the climb up the waterspout, the washout, the return of the sun, and the determined climb back up the spout - again. Generations of children have sung this beloved verse...

"While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their hole with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building an ark for them and other backyard creatures - salamanders and toads, snakes and spiders, even brightly colored hummingbirds. Setting out fistfuls of nuts and leaves,...