Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

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The book is about a drought in Africa, Kapiti Plain and the animals end up migrating so Ki-Pat(main character) finds a way to bring the rain, and animals, back to Kapiti Plain. It is a short and illustrative example of what is most important to herders, rain so that there is natural feed for their cattle.

In particular it seems as though the way these two books illustrate interconnectedness between events and cause/effect relationships could justify the claim that they carry the same motif. I love this book and I think it would spark some great discussion within a kindergarten through 2nd grade classroom. This book has strong links to geography (African geography, wildlife and understanding concepts such as drought), history and exposes children to African folktales. This book highlights the importance of rain and what happens to the community of Kapiti Plain when it doesn't rain for a long time. This was a great book that really fitted with the rainy weather, to show that some areas really want rain!

A tale of magic and tradition in a land where there has been no rain and the grass and animals are in desperate need to be replenished and fed. such as the setting, the way the events are linked one to another, the overall tone and feel, the source of the narrative. The story is in the form of poetry and the repetition throughout lends it vey well to music and drama.

BOOK: KADAI VEEDHI KALAKALALLUM/கடை வீதி கலகலக்கும் AUTHOR: RAMYA SETHURAM ILLUSTRATOR: BHAVYA DESAI PUBLISHER: AGAN ADHIGARAM PAGES: 22 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ My favourite author and publisher have released their third book, and I have the privilege of reviewing it again. I would ask students to think about what would happen to their community if they didn't get rain for a long time. Ki- pat decided to make an arrow out of a feather that fell from an eagle and a bow out of a stick and a couple of other things.K-pat, the herd boy, must find a way to end the drought and the suffering of the animals on the plain. A book lover myself, I strongly believe in reading to kids on a daily basis, to help them turn into mini bookworms. This review was written by Alice Reedy I am a Year 3 teacher and English lead in a lovely, diverse primary school in East London. Appropriate for KS1 this magical tale uses rhyming words, repetition and similes, which makes this book an interesting read with poetry intertwined throughout and would act well as an introduction to poetry or even as an extension piece.

In this lovely rhyming picture book, based upon the folk traditions of the Nandi people of Kenya, a herdsman named Ki-pat finds a way to end the drought, and bring some much-needed rain to Kapiti Plain. Do young readers ever ask if a causal relationship between the feather dropping and the drought ending has been satisfactorily established? It tells the story of a young Maasai boy named Kondi who helps bring rain to his drought-stricken village on the Kapiti Plain in Kenya. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears , also illustrated by the Dillons, was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and was chosen as an ALA Notable Children’s Book, as was a third Aardema-Dillon collaboration, Behind the Back of the Mountain .I love books about myths and I'm always looking for resources for my students from different areas of Africa to connect to.

Not inherently gripping, but the cumulative structure and rhythm of the text makes the simple chain of events far more compelling than they would be otherwise. illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, was an ALA Notable Children’s Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 1977. My mom remembers hearing LeVar Burton read it on Reading Rainbow (I do not), but the Reading Rainbow insignia on the front and the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library blurb on the inside front cover was enough to recommend this book to me (If LeVar or Dolly told me to read the phone book cover-to-cover, I would do it.

The stressed syllables there are browse and cows, so the introduction is set apart from the story with this very subtle variation in the meter as well as being set apart from the structure of the main story. A big favorite of theirs and mine was Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. As the big, black cloud, all heavy with rain, that shadowed the ground on Kapiti Plain’ lingers in the sky ahead, who will save the day and end this draught over Kapiti Plain? Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema is a delightful rhyming story full of bright and vivid illustrations by Beatriz Vidal. It begs to be read aloud with an audience joining in as they catch the rhythm and remember the repeated lines, and I love reading as a community activity.