Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (Reading Rainbow Books)

by Verna Aardema (Author)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
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.
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Verna Aardema
Verna Aardema published her first set of stories, Tales from the Story Hat, in 1960. They were so successful that she continued to adapt traditional tales and folklore from distant cultures, (usually from Africa and Mexico) to expose young children to the vast variety of human expression. She's the author of over 30 children's books. Her book, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1975) received the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977. Who's in Rabbit's House? 1977 was the 1977 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner in 1978. Aardema received the Children's Reading Round Table Award in 1981, and several of her works have been selected as Notable Books by the American Library Association. Her Oh Kojo! How Could You! won the 1984 Parents' Choice Award for Literature.

Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, a husband-and-wife team, created more than 100 book and magazine covers together as well as interior artwork. The Dillons won the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and 1977 In 1978 they were the runners-up for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustrators, and were the U.S. nominee again in 1996.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140546163
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Dial Books
Publication date
May 20, 1992
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV030010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
JUV029020 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | Weather
Library of Congress categories
Stories in rhyme
Africa
Droughts

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