Full name: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale

Author: Verna Aardema Year: 1981 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Animals, Poetry Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140546163 0140546162

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of "The House That Jack Built." Similar books: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein Dogku by Andrew Clements Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman Cat Talk by Patricia MacLachlan My School's a Zoo! by Stu Smith Owl Sees Owl by Laura Godwin Won Ton and Chopstick by Lee Wardlaw Tree-Ring Circus by Adam Rex Frisky Brisky Hippity Hop by Susan Lurie Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema Giant Squid by Candace Fleming Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen