Del Norte Public Library

An unexpected rain shower causes quarreling among the members of a small community.

Illustrations and simple text explain what rain is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and the importance of clean water.

Henry and Mudge the dog's boring weekend becomes interesting when Mom suggests building a castle in the basement.

The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.

Pip Squeak the mouse is kept awake all night by the drips from his leaky roof.

Molly and Niel Sloan awake to see golden rain falling. In their remote California mountain town, they learn from their television of enormous waterspouts and blizzards around the globe; then, the television ceases, as do all other forms of communication with the outside world. The Sloans are left, together with their neighbors, in the midst of a purple fog, disturbed by a threat they cannot identify or understand. Together they discover that the world...

"As the owner of Miracle Books, Nora Pennington figures all the wet weather this spring is at least good for business. The local inns are packed with stranded travelers, and among them Nora finds both new customers and a new friend, the sixty-something Sheldon, who starts helping out at the store. Since a little rain never hurt anyone, Nora rides her bike over to the flea market one sodden day and buys a bowl from Danny, a Cherokee potter. It'll make...

Illustrations and simple text describe what different animals do when it rains.

This book simply describes what rain is and the cycle that repeatedly brings water to the earth.

As a thunderstorm sweeps into the city, the people of the neighborhood rush into the subway to wait out the wind and weather.