Come On, Rain - Karen Hesse Review & Synopsis

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Synopsis

Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave. Lyrically written and lovingly illustrated." - School Library Journal "Hesse's language is a quiet, elegant surge.... Muth contributes fine watercolor atmospherics." - Kirkus Reviews

Review

In this quietly affecting story, award-winning author Karen Hesse and artist Jon J. Muth deftly capture the magnificence of a sudden rainstorm on a swelteringly hot day. Much more than a simple tale of weather, Come On, Rain! also portrays the tenderness of mother-daughter relations, the rhythms of urban society, and the power of nature to transform and reinvigorate all forms of life.

The book's collaborators, more like alchemists, work wonders. Muth's sunbaked watercolors perfectly convey the washed-out, drought-stricken world, while Hesse's gripping narrative--a detailed prose poem written in the voice of the watchful, pigtailed Tessie--conveys undaunted hope and anticipation. Like a long-limbed little bird--all twiggy arms and legs--Tessie moves through the neighborhood, observing her Mamma, her friends, the skies, even the streets:

Up and down the block,
cats pant,
heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway....

I stare out over rooftops,
past chimneys, into the way off distance.
And that's when I see it coming,
clouds rolling in,
gray clouds, bunched and bulging under a purple sky.

A creeper of hope circles round my bones.
"Come on, rain!" I whisper.

As the downpour approaches, Tessie gathers her neighborhood friends for a romp in the raindrops. Their eager anticipation is matched by a rain shower so gigantic, it even makes their mothers run into the street. It's literally the stuff that dreams are made of--my own daughter dreamed of the delicious downpour the night we first read the book. (Click to see a sample spread. Text �1999 by Karen Hesse. Illustrations �1999 by Jon J. Muth. Reproduced with permission of Scholastic, Inc.) (Ages 5 and older) --Jean Lenihan"Come on, rain!"
Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More than anything, Tess hopes for rain. And when it comes, she and her friends are ready for a surprising joyous celebration....

Through exquisite language and acute observation, Newbery medalist Karen Hesse recreates the glorious experience of a quenching rainstorm on a sweltering summer day. Jon J Muth's masterful and lyrical watercolors perfectly reflect the spirit of the text.

Come On, Rain

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

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

Come On, Rain!

Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave.

Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave."

U-STARS~PLUS Science Literature Connections

Science & Literature Connections provides an engaging way to explore scientific ideas within literacy instruction time using 32 popular children's books. Most of the selected books are readily available and many of the books have been translated into Spanish. Science & Literature Connections is organized around Bloom's Taxonomy to support a range of thinking levels and to scaffold learning. By using these materials, a teacher can create a higher-level thinking environment around literature connected with science which motivates reluctant readers. The science concepts are based on the National Science Education Standards and align with most states' science standards. Science & Literature Connections was designed for Grades K-3, however many of the "connections" may be adapted for Grades 4-5.

Come . On,. Rain ! Written by: Karen Hesse Published by: Scholastic, Inc. Major Topics: Organisms – Animals/Humans, Plants, Basic Needs, Behaviors Weather – Environment Changes, Rain , Drought, Water Cycle ..."

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Down Comes the Rain Written by: Franklyn M. Branley Illustrated by: James Graham Hale Published by: HarperCollins, 1997 Pages: 32 Lexile Score: 560L ISBN: 0-06-445166-6 Major ... Written by: Karen Hesse Concept Map Down Comes the Rain !"

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Picture Book Parties!

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Featured Books Come On, Rain ! by Karen Hesse *Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett The Puddle by David McPhail The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss *A Rainy Day by Sandra Markle Party Game Rain Dance This activity celebrates the ..."

Freewriting with Purpose

In freewriting, we write continuously: we begin with a prompt and keep our pen or pencil moving throughout the entire duration. We do not stop to question or censor ourselves; we do not concern ourselves with spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar; we do not allow critical thoughts. This practical book shows teachers how to use freewriting to help kids write well and more, regardless of grade level, subject, or time of day or year. It is a simple process to implement, and yet makes a significant difference in teacher attitudes, student confidence, and, ultimately, student writing abilities.

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A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books, 10th Edition

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Book Crush

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Internet Activities Through the Year

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Teaching Literacy Through the Arts

Accessible and hands-on yet grounded in research, this book addresses the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of integrating literacy instruction and the arts in grades K-8. Even teachers without any arts background will gain the skills they need to bring music, drama, visual arts, and dance into their classrooms. Provided are a wealth of specific resources and activities that other teachers have successfully used to build students' oral language, concepts of print, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing, while also promoting creativity and self-expression. Special features include reproducible worksheets and checklists for developing, evaluating, and implementing arts-related lesson plans.

This first teaching episode was designed to involve the students actively in learning about weather changes through their creative response to rhythmic speech, children's literature, ... Come on, Rain by Karen Hesse (1999)."

Winning Authors

Look behind the scenes, and learn more about the 76 fascinating authors who have garnered the prestigious Newbery Medal since it was established in 1922.

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The Storytime Handbook

Fresh, fun ideas for children’s storytime fill this book. The author, a long-time storytime facilitator, has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional plans for holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of a suggested craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.

Hoberman , Mary Ann . The Seven Silly Eaters . 40 pages. 2000. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers. A mother gives in to her picky eating children until one day they surprise her with something on her birth- day that ..."

Collaborative Stategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension

Offers advice and sample lesson plans for addressing the needs of readers at emerging, advancing, and advanced levels.

From Come On, Rain ! by Karen Hesse , illustrated by Jon J. Muth Taste with Touch "Juicy, golden peaches, honey-sweet, like a gentle caress on the palm of my hand." From Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and in English, ..."

Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Classroom Teachers

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Learning Centers in Kindergarten, Grade K

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Come see the garden in a whole new way as this caterpillar and ladybug grow up and take you on the ride of your imaginative life. , Stella LouEUa's Runaway Book. ... Karen Hesse , Come On, Rain ! il. John J. Muth."

Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery in School Libraries: Creating a Safe Haven

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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Plip! Plop! Sometimes rain drips softly from the clouds. Sometimes rain comes down hard in a thunderstorm. What happens when the weather is rainy? Read this book to find out! Learn all about kinds of weather in the What’s the Weather Like? series - part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

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Cette histoire touchante est empreinte d'une douce tranquillit'. L'auteure Karen Hesse et l'artiste Jon J. Muth capturent avec brio la magnificence d'une averse soudaine en une journ'e de chaleur accablante. Bien plus qu'un simple r'cit sur le temps, Par ici, la pluie d'peint la tendresse des relations m'res-filles, le rythme de la vie urbaine et le pouvoir de la nature de transformer et de revigorer toutes formes de vie. In this quietly affecting story, award-winning author Karen Hesse and artist Jon J. Muth deftly capture the magnificence of a sudden rainstorm on a swelteringly hot day. Much more than a simple tale of weather, Par ici, la pluie also portrays the tenderness of motherdaughter relations, the rhythms of urban society, and the power of nature to transform and reinvigorate all forms of life. Original title: Come On, Rain

In this quietly affecting story, award-winning author Karen Hesse and artist Jon J. Muth deftly capture the magnificence of a sudden rainstorm on a swelteringly hot day."

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Karen Hesse was working on the picture book Come On , Rain ( Scholastic , 1999 ) when she became captivated by photo- graphs and news accounts of the " dirty thirties " and ended up writing Out of the Dust , her Newbery Award - winning ..."

Storytime

Presents a comprehensive, theoretically grounded model of children’s understanding of picture storybooks—the first to focus specifically on young children. Relevant to contemporary young children from a wide variety of ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, this dynamic volume includes a wealth of examples of children’s responses to literature and how teachers scaffold their interpretation of stories. “The highest recommendation I can make is that I learned so much. . . . You will too!” —From the Foreword by P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley “The single most important book on this topic since Applebee’s The Child’s Concept of Story . . . it is also a pleasure to read.” —Lee Galda, University of Minnesota “Sipe provides a comprehensive theory of literary understanding specific to contemporary young children’s interactions with picture books. Storytime is grounded in well-documented research, an in-depth knowledge of literary theory, and enlivened by insightful commentary.” —Glenna Sloan, Professor Emerita, Queens College of the City University of New York “As a working illustrator who spends most days drawing or painting or dreaming about children's picturebooks, I sometimes wonder, ‘Is there really any point to all of this?’ In this book, Larry Sipe shows me clearly, wittily, and thoroughly that there is.” —Chris Raschka, Caldecott Medal–winning children's book author and illustrator “Those of us who work with children, picturebooks, and teachers could have no more insightful guide to their interactions than Larry Sipe himself.” —Nancy L. Roser, University of Texas, Austin

In Mrs. Martin's kindergarten class, the children were also exposed to a picturebook where the front and back endpapers are different: Come On, Rain !, Karen Hesse's (1999) story about the stifling heat of the city during the height of ..."

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