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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Name: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
ISBN: 9780140546163

Paperback – Picture Book, May 20, 1992

Verna Aardema

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · May 20, 1992

Reading lane: Weather Stories

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

Weather Stories Indigenous Teachings Stories Set in Africa african

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Why This Clicks

A Rhyme That Builds

A cumulative refrain gives this rain-bringing tale the rhythm of a familiar nursery rhyme.

Come here for

Verses that gather with each repetition
A tale of rain on drought-stricken Kapiti Plain

Expect

Nursery-rhyme rhythm and a recurring refrain
A story shaped like “The House That Jack Built”

Book Details

Authors: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: May 20, 1992
Format: Paperback
Theme: Weather Stories · Stories Set in Africa
Reading lane: Weather Stories

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Publisher Categories

US: African American Stories
Weather Stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Nursery Rhymes

About This Book

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.”