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.

"It's a mad dash for shelter as rain sweeps into an urban neighborhood. Where to go? The subway! It's the perfect place to wait out the wind and weather. Strangers share smiles and umbrellas and take delight in the experience of a city thunderstorm."-- Dust jacket.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe the joys of playing in the rain and snow.

After a hard rain, the animals on Bonnie Bumble's farm all turn blue.

Twelve-year-old Oscar Buckle is determined to discover the real reason behind why his town is so rainy.

Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.

Lu and her friends spot patterns in their daily activities, including patterns found in music, weather, time, play, shapes, nature, math, and language.

The animals of the African savanna use their senses to predict and then enjoy the rain.

A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat.

Duck is grumpy in light of the fact that the pond is dry and when she complains to her friends, they each welcome her to play with them.