Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema

The story of how Ki-pat ingeniously brings rain to the arid Kapiti Plain. Cumulative rhyming tale with the rhythm and repetition of The House That Jack Built . . . Illustrations are stylized, simple, and dramatic.--School Library Journal.

Verna Aardema was born into a family of nine children in New Era, Michigan. As a young aspiring writer, she found inspiration and refuge in a cedar swamp behind her house. Verna attended a lot of writing classes at Michigan State University, but none of them were geared toward writing for children. Verna writes largely African folktales because of her passion with that enormously diversified continent. She didn't think about the children's book field until many years later, when she had to make up stories to encourage her baby daughter to eat. Some of the world's most odd and enchanting folktales have originated from its jungles, deserts, and vast plains.

Verna has over 25 novels published to far and is still working on others. Her books have been published in French, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, and Afrikaans, among other languages. Verna and her husband, Albert, live in North Fort Myers, Florida.

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ISBN 13	9780140546163
ISBN 10	0140546162
Title	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Author	Verna Aardema
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	1992-05-20
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.