Let's Go Puddling!

Grab a raincoat, pull on some boots, and head out the door for a joyful celebration of splish-sploshing in puddles. Squelch!

Clouds gather,
skies darken,
rain falls,
puddles appear.

Yippee! Here comes the rain! Three families meet up in front of their high-rise apartment building, all with the same idea. The children can’t wait to stimp-stamp-stomp through the muddy puddles until their boots overflow—then snuggle with the grown-ups on the couch as their soggy socks dry. Emma Perry’s buoyant text summons the thrill of being outdoors regardless of the weather, while Claire Alexander’s lively watercolors capture the children’s exuberant play amid the splashing drops.

Emma Perry is a children’s book author and a primary school teacher. She is also the founder of the children’s book review site My Book Corner and runs International Book Giving Day. Her picture books include I Don’t Like Books. Never. Ever. The End., illustrated by Sharon Davey, and This Book Has Alpacas and Bears, illustrated by Rikin Parekhi. Emma Perry lives in Bath, England, with her husband, two children, and two cats.

Claire Alexander is the author-illustrator of The Think-Ups! and A Little Bit Different and the illustrator of Humperdink Our Elephant Friend and The Snowbear, both written by Sean Taylor. Claire Alexander teaches classes on picture book writing and illustration online and at the House of Illustration in London. She lives in London.