Rain Makes Applesauce [School & Library Binding]

Julian Scheer (Author), Marvin Bileck (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Complex, highly imaginative drawings ... endless amusing details not mentioned in the text.

Editorial Reviews

Review

1965 Caldecott Honor Book, 1965 ALA Notable Book, New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books -- Awards and Honors

A lovely, alive book. -- Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

A classic volume of nonsense verse with a real story cleverly hidden inside the illustrations, still in print after more than 30 years.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Holiday House (June 1964)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823400913
• ISBN-13: 978-0823400911
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #400,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And This Book Makes Great Joy - Forever!, May 29, 2003

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This review is from: Rain Makes Applesauce (School & Library Binding)

Oh JOY! Indeed what an absolute joy to type in the title 'Rain Makes Applesauce', and find out that this glorious book is in print again!

I've read every other Amazon Customer Review of this book, & I agree with every single person: this is a Must-Have book for children AND adults. I have not seen it since my 4 years in college where I spent 4 years purchasing copies & either giving them as presents to my friends, or simply never getting them back when loaned. Hence when other reviewers right here tell you such things as 'my children had to take it out every other week from the library for YEARS because they adored it so much' - & that another actually went on to become an artist because of 'Rain' - & that Christmas simply STOPPED for yet another family while 2 excited daughters, now adult, put everything else aside until they'd re-read 'Rain' from end to end: BELIEVE THEM!

'Rain Makes Applesauce' is an infinitely memorable book with exquisite illustrations. It speaks to all whose hearts are young. Here is that rare, one-in-a million book suffused with an ineffable joy & replete with that exquisite silliness found only in the observations of those gifted with Innocence no matter what their chronological age. Children fall in love with this book the moment it begins. Adults do, too. Even if you don't have children: buy it for yourself. Or find a family to give it to, for the that singular pleasure found only in hearing the unstudied laughter of children welling up unstoppably and spilling out like - Yes! - like the most delicious of rains.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great rhymes and fantastical illustrations, November 24, 2002

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This review is from: Rain Makes Applesauce (School & Library Binding)

This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child. I used to make my mother check it out of the library again and again. I was fascinated by the elaborate drawings, but the rhymes of the book are also very memorable. I even received a copy as a adult when it came back into print! Now I will share it with my niece who is about the age that I was when I first read the book!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rain Makes Applesauce, October 25, 2002

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Anna Hahn (f) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rain Makes Applesauce (School & Library Binding)

This is a charming book for children to read. Its silly phrases and fantastic illustrations will keep children entertained for countless readings.
It is a childhood favorite of mine, one I have shared with numerous students. "Oh you're just talking silly talk," was a favorite saying from my childhood. Once I read this book to my students, they used the phrase too.
I'm thrilled to see this book in print again!