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Rain
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Submitted by: Stephanie B., Administration
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Audience
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• Pre-school
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Books
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Mushroom in the Rain by:Mirra Ginsburg
How can an ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom when originally there was room only for the ant?
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In the Rain with Baby Duck by:Amy Hest
Although her parents love walking in the rain, Baby Duck does not--until Grandpa shares a secret with her.
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Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car by:John Burningham
Mr. Gumpy's human and animal friends squash into his old car and go for a drive -- until it starts to rain.
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Rain Makes Applesauce by:Julian Scheer & Marvin Bileck
Nonsense rhyme with refrain that invites audience participation.
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Rain Drop Splash by:Alvin Tresselt
Drip drop splash went the rain all day. There were so many raindrops they made a puddle that grew larger and larger until it became a pond and spilled right over into a lake that overflowed into a river and finally joined the sea.
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Listen to the Rain by:Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Describes the changing sounds of the rain, the slow soft sprinkle, the drip-drop tinkle, the sounding pounding roaring rain, and the fresh wet silent after-time of rain.
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Songs
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Itsy Bitsy Spider
Traditional rhyme.
The itsy bitsy spider/Went up the water spout./Down came the rain/And washed the spider out./Out came the sun/And dried up all the rain./And the itsy bitsy spider/Went up the spout again.
From The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants compiled by Jackie Silberg and Pam Schiller. J Ref 811.008 Com
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Rain
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The rain is raining all around,/It falls on field and tree,/It rains on the umbrellas here,/And on the ships at sea.
From The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants compiled by Jackie Silberg and Pam Schiller. J Ref 811.008 Com
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The Rain (Splish, Splash)
Traditional rhyme.
Splish, splash,/Splish, splash,/Drip, drop,/Drip, drop,/Will the rain ever stop?
From The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants compiled by Jackie Silberg and Pam Schiller. J Ref 811.008 Com
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It's Raining
Traditional rhyme.
It's raining, it's pouring,/The old man is snoring,/He went to bed and he bumped his head/And he couldn't get up in the morning.
From The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants compiled by Jackie Silberg and Pam Schiller. J Ref 811.008 Com
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