Puddles - Rainy Day Picture Book + KID KANDY

Puddles
Written by Jonathan London
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
(Scholastic Inc., 1997)

It's a rainy day in our valley, perfect for reading Puddles.

Puddles is as the name suggests - rain puddles. The puddles are occupied by two children who leap, splash, and explore the wet world following a thunderstorm.

Puddle-jumpers, mud, worms and frogs fill the pages of Puddles. As any parent will know, the children play until they are tired, dirty, wet, and hungry. They present themselves at the door, come in, dry off, and perhaps have some hot cocoa. And then they head right back out to do it all over again.

Puddles is the book to read on rainy days. Or even just on days one wishes it would rain.

KID KANDY:

Get outside and play in the puddles!

Usually, children do not require special equipment when jumping through puddles. Just watch them. They look. They leap. They splash. Repeat.

Should you want to add tools, you could give them:

~ Umbrellas (if it is still raining)

~ Buckets and shovels (beach style)

~ Sticks and boats

~ Balloons

~ Plastic scoops, cups, and containers

~ Magnifying glass (to look better at all of those worms)

~ Chalk for lovely rainy day paintings


Rainy days are fun. Puddle jumping is even better!


P.S. If you don't have puddles, or rain, make some of your own

Angie Quantrell loves listening to the rain falling on the roof and is thankful that plants and people are getting a good watering. If enough rain has fallen, you can find her out in the gutter river, letting her grands get nice and wet.