Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Verna Aardema

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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Verna Aardema

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Description

Now children can enjoy popular, best-selling Puffin books recorded on high-quality cassette tapes. They can read along with the book or just listen and enjoy the lively narration-complete with music and sound effects throughout each and every story. Pre-readers will love looking at all the wonderful illustrations as they learn to recognize words and expand their vocabulary. Entertaining and educational, "Puffin StoryTapes" give children a great headstart in reading!

About the Author

Verna Aardema (1911-2000) was a highly acclaimed storyteller and the author of many books of African folktales. Her book, Who's in Rabbit's House?, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, was an ALA Notable Children's Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 1977. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, also illustrated by the Dillons, was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and was chosen as an ALA Notable Children's Book, as was a third Aardema-Dillon collaboration, Behind the Back of the Mountain.

Publishing Information

Publisher: Puffin Books
Pub date: 1992-05-20
Length: 32 pages

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