Books with title The Big Rain

It has been two weeks, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren't prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn't realise that you couldn't drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect your blood and eat you from the inside out. Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of the country - surviving in the only way she knows how.

It rains and it rains and it rains. Thge little river rises higher and higher... Now Jeanne-Marie must help Grandmother up the stairs and help get the farm animals to safety on the hill. But Madelon the duck loves the Big Rain! This charming story, perhaps Jeanne-Marie's most exciting adventure is based on a true life event in the authors own village. This book will enchant chiuldren and the adults that read it with them with its classic illustrations and a sweet storyline that emphasizes personal responsibility and thoughfulness for others.

Everything is waiting in Paris for Autumn—her new home, her mom, the Louvre, and a life where she can experience art, and not just look at it. But to get there, she'll have to survive the summer in the least colorful place she can imagine — her father's Oklahoma cattle ranch Autumn finds the perfect summer distraction in Colt, the one cowboy hotter than the July sun. But Colt is her father's ranch hand, and he won’t go for the Manhattan-style fling that she's used to. The closer they become, the more she questions which side of the ocean she belongs. Then her father reveals an unforgivable secret, and Autumn’s illusions shatter. Will the secret destroy everything? Or could Oklahoma hold the greatest masterpiece of all—a love that could mend her heart?

All aboard! Take a train ride through a storm at night in a rhythmic readaloud chugging with sound words and full of striking illustrations.A pitter-pat-pat, a pitter-pat-pat,A pittery-pittery-pittery-pat.When it’s thundering down on the roof, in the lane, From the storm comes the call . . . "All aboard the Rain Train!" What child wouldn’t like to hop on a train, hand over his ticket, and set off on an exciting ride through a rainy night? Safe from the elements, a young boy listens and watches— in his seat, in the dining car, and snug in his sleeper— as his train whooshes past city lights, over rivers, through tunnels, and straight on to morning.

Sixteen year old Mitch “The Mooch” Marino wants a go-kart so he can beat Ziggy Zeigler, his arch-enemy, in a race on Devil’s Drag Strip. Having no one to buy him a kart, Mitch must find a way to overcome his lazy and selfish mooching habits in order to accomplish his goal.The path to his goal is a long and sometimes painful one, partly because he is being raised by a single Mom who is barely making enough money to support them. Dad doesn’t always make his support payments on time, either, making it tough on both of them. Mitch hides his unhappiness by pretending to be proud of his reputation of being the worlds biggest moocher. Read this exciting story to find out how “Mooch” finally faces up to his problems in order to accomplish all his objectives, including the passing of final exams in school.