Pub Date: December 1, 2008
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2007013758
Lexile Code: 0440
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 11.00" L x 8.70" W ( 1.05 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions and Feelings | African American and Black | General | Science and Nature | Weather
Description: A baton twirler fights the rain to save her neighborhood parade
Brief description:
Addie Boswell is an artist and writer living in Portland, Oregon, where she frequently gets to play in the rain. According to her mother, she used to stomp a great deal in order to get her way. Now, she recognizes the same raw creative instinct in the children she teaches and is constantly inspired by their reckless joy. This is her first picture book. Visit her online at www.addieboswell.com.
Review Quotes:
"A delightful read-aloud that deals with making the best of a disappointing situation." --School Library Journal
"The exhilaration of the storm is at the center of Boswell's debut picture book, and illustrator Velasquez is at his best in the dynamic unframed spreads that show the African American kid in warm shades of brown on her city street, leaping and shaking her arms at the gray stormy skies." --Booklist