Just a Rainy Day (Look-Look) [Paperback]

Mercer Mayer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1999 | Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Look-Look

This is one of many of the Little Critter golden look-look books.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books; 1 edition (December 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307116824
• ISBN-13: 978-0307116826
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #598,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mercer Mayer has been writing and illustrating children's books for over 35 years. He began the popular Little Critter series nearly 30 years ago and titled the first book Just for You. His wife, Gina, has been co-writing the series since the early 1990s. The books in this series address the major issues of growing up through humorous storytelling.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Pre-schooler selection!!, October 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Just a Rainy Day (Look-Look) (Paperback)

My daughter loves ALL Mercer Mayer's books. She's two and makes Dad read at least three or four per day. They're well written and beautifully illustrated. She spots something new every time we read one.

5.0 out of 5 stars LITTLE CRITTER BOOKS ARE LONG FAVORITES, January 25, 2005

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just a Rainy Day (Look-Look) (Paperback)

My son loved the Little Critter books when he was growing up. He probably had at least a dozen of them. I'm so glad we never threw them out because now we have a 2 1/2 year old who will be able to enjoy them all over again. Mercer Mayers humorous and cartoony style of illustration is the kind of quality you'd see in the Sunday Funnies. The expressions of the characters are done with a cartoonist's hand, as opposed to an illustrator's.

In this book, Little sister is bored stiff because its raining out and she cannot go out to play. She is bored in her room and goes to play in her brother's room instead, even though he has the same toys. She tries to help mom with the housework but wakes the baby...Gosh! haven't we all had to deal with entertaining our kids when they cannot go out to play? Mayer nails it right on the head.

Just a wonderful book for kids and parents.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Depressing, March 21, 2008

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J. A. Hill "abilenejohn" (Abilene, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just a Rainy Day (Look-Look) (Paperback)

Just a Rainy Day captures the essence of Mercer Mayers Little Critters - and that's what they are - Little Critters. They look messy, their house looks messy, their parents always look worn and haggard, the events of the book are not sweet or endearing - when my child gets one of these books at school or as a gift I know I'm in for 10-15 minutes of lower-middle class critter malaise as we read the new acquisition.

My wife just threw our copy of Just A Rainy Day. I noticed that this book is available in "Used" condition through Amazon for 1 cent - rather than make a penny from the sale of this book, I would suggest they seize the intangible benefits of catharsis that comes from chunking this lame book in the trash.