The Rain Came Down (Scholastic Bookshelf)

Pages are completely MISSING!! I am a teacher and I was going to read this to my class. Not a great surprise!

Beautiful and vivid illustration create the growing excitement of cause and effect to sheer panic of an out of control situation. The Rain Came Down is a wonderful gem of a book where everyone is affected by the drenching rain. Cars stop, horns honk, food is not delivered, leaks ruin cakes, fights start, all because people are obsessing about the weather. Police come and while attempting to unravel the snarled mess, the sun arrives and rescues the mob of malcontents. Peace is restored and we learn that no matter how tumultuous our lives are, how out of control we feel, the sun WILL come out and you will get your life back. I love this book. David Shannon is a genius!

David Shannon has such a unique style. Sometimes his art can be very crude looking, but I actually liked the artwork in this book better than his No David! books. This book is great for teaching Cause and Effect or explaining chain reactions. You will laugh at all the crazy things that happen one after the other just because it all started raining.

I loved reading this book to my now 11 year old when she was little. Then I saw the CD combo and had to buy it for my 3 year old. It's wonderful to have in the car. My little one doesn't have the patience of my older child to sit and let me read to her (we never get through a whole book), but she likes when "the car" reads to her! She likes to look at the pictures in the book when the CD plays.

I am giving this to a friend who is having a baby. I like to give books with beautiful art and simple stories so that the child can into it in stages (looks a picture, naming objects, listening to the story, reading the story). I love David Shannon's books and particularly his illustrations!

Didn't give it yet.

It's been around in our family for 20 years and was a gift for my expecting niece. Hope it's as well loved.

My 2 year old came home from daycare a few months ago saying "Rain Down" and "Cat, Dog"...so I though he was saying "It's raining cats and dogs". Come to find out there's a car and dog in this book and it's is his favorite! I bought it for home and every time it rains (and then some) he wants to play it. It's very cute!

My children loves the book so much when I read it to them tho mine came a bit wrinkle in the packaging

Good story interesting event grandchildren love listening as well as the pictures