Let's Go Puddling!
- Subject
- Imagination & Play
- Age
- 0-3 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Size
- 22.1 cm Ă 28.2 cm
- ISBN
- 9781536228496
Grab a raincoat, pull on some boots, and head out the door for a joyful celebration of splish-sploshing in puddles. Squelch!
Clouds gather,
skies darken,
rain falls,
puddles appear.
Yippee! Here comes the rain! Three families meet up in front of their high-rise apartment building, all with the same idea. The children canât wait to stimp-stamp-stomp through the muddy puddles until their boots overflowâthen snuggle with the grown-ups on the couch as their soggy socks dry. Emma Perryâs buoyant text summons the thrill of being outdoors regardless of the weather, while Claire Alexanderâs lively watercolors capture the childrenâs exuberant play amid the splashing drops.
Clouds gather,
skies darken,
rain falls,
puddles appear.
Yippee! Here comes the rain! Three families meet up in front of their high-rise apartment building, all with the same idea. The children canât wait to stimp-stamp-stomp through the muddy puddles until their boots overflowâthen snuggle with the grown-ups on the couch as their soggy socks dry. Emma Perryâs buoyant text summons the thrill of being outdoors regardless of the weather, while Claire Alexanderâs lively watercolors capture the childrenâs exuberant play amid the splashing drops.
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What reviewers said
This book delivers frolicking tots gamboling in said puddlesâthereâs mud, tooâand offers up examples of delicious onomatopoeic words readers and listeners will delight in repeating as they mimic the kidsâ activities. . . . This exuberant British import, written in staccatolike prose emulating the rapid patter of raindrops, is a rainy-day winner. The colorful, energetic digital illustrations appropriately resemble watercolors. . . . Jump right into this joyful charmer.
Rather than wishing the rain away, these young protagonists find that outside amid the elements is a fine place to play, especially when accompanied by clothes that keep them dry, despite the downpour. Itâs a child-led adventure with a community focus that ends with everyone warm and dry.
Engaging illustrations, created digitally, show the enthusiasm and joy the childrenâdressed in vivid orange, royal blue, and pink jackets along with colorful bootsâfeel as they jump in puddles and run amok. Their antics brighten up the dreary, wet day established in the front endpapers, bolstered by sound effects sprinkled throughout the text. . . a great selection for beginning readers. Readers will get a kick out of watching, and perhaps envying, the children acting like children and getting wet and muddy to their heartsâ desire.
Alexanderâs digital watercolor illustrations make a splash in Perryâs picture book full of outdoor rainy entertainment. . . . Caretakers and children will want to grab a warm drink and get comfy on the couch to read this on a rainy day.
Emma Perryâs ode to puddle-jumping youngsters is nothing less than joyful.
