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The Little Raindrop Hardcover – Picture Book, March 4, 2014

by Joanna Gray (Author), Dubravka Kolanovic (Illustrator)
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Featuring a heartwarming adventure from author Joanna Gray and beautiful pastel illustrations by Dubravka Kolanovic, this lovely story takes parents, boys, and girls on a fun, educational ride through the water cycle.

From cloud to puddle, and puddle to stream, the Little Raindrop is making its way on the remarkable journey that is Earth’s water cycle. In this inviting story—illustrated with pastels for a soft, full color—readers are taught about science and nature through a character-driven narrative that leads a little raindrop on a big adventure. With an easy-to-follow plot that teaches precipitation, water flow, and evaporation, The Little Raindrop offers a sweet story full of learning and discovery.

“One dark and stormy day, a little raindrop fell out of a cloud and flew faster and faster through the sky.”

Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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  1. Reading age
    3 - 6 years
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - Kindergarten
  5. Dimensions
    10 x 0.6 x 10 inches
  6. Publisher
    Sky Pony
  7. Publication date
    March 4, 2014
  8. ISBN-10
    1628738219
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1628738216
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PreS-Gr 2—Beginning with a beautiful fall through a rainbow, the title character takes the journey from the beginning to the end of the water cycle. Gray delivers a complex scientific process in an approachable way through well-chosen words while Kolanovic's illustrations are superbly suited for the story. The raindrop's adventures are documented in soft pastels displaying the beauty of Earth's rainbow, streams, rivers, and oceans, while he encounters a variety of birds, bunnies, worms, moose, bears, and aquatic life. The raindrop makes his way ultimately to the ocean shore, to be evaporated back up into the sky and begin the voyage all over again. While not nonfiction, this title would make a great introduction to nature units covering forms of precipitation or types of bodies of water. Additionally, with the smoothly flowing story and picturesque illustrations sweeping across the spreads, it would make a fine read-aloud as well. Just like water in real life, the little raindrop can make a big impact on his readers.—John Trischitti, Midland County Public Libraries, TX

About the Author

Joanna Gray started writing after being inspired by her three children, who were full of questions about the world around them. She enjoys walking with her family and their dog, reading, and generally enjoying life as much as possible. She resides with her family in Leeds, England.

Dubravka Kolanovic is a Croatian painter and illustrator. Kolanovic earned a degree in painting after studying at Savannah College of Art and Design and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. In addition to being a children’s book illustrator, Kolanovic aids scientific researchers as a part of Earthwatch and is an illustrator of UNICEF cards and posters. She lived in Zadar, Croatia, with her husband and sons.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sky Pony; Reprint edition (March 4, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1628738219
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1628738216
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - Kindergarten
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.03 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 0.6 x 10 inches
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JoAnne Dennee
5.0 out of 5 stars Engages young children with simplicity of Beautiful art describing rain process!
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2023
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Slow and simple artful beauty supports learning about a detailed water cycle. Well done!
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Chrissy K.
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a beautifully written and illustrated book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2022
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This book is so cute! Short enough to hold our LO’s attention. Does a great job explaining the water cycle in a fun engaging imaginative yet accurate manner. Beautiful pictures! One of our faves right now!
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Steve Bedford
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Pre School
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2023
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My wife is a pre school teacher and the kids love this book!
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Deborah Chasen
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Teachable
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020
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Beautiful book to teach children about the water cycle. The sweet pastel illustrations are perfect. My daughter is 3 years old and asks us to read it to her again and again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2020
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Very cute story! Perfect for the younger grades or younger ages. Beautiful illustrations. Lots to talk about and add in if using in a classroom. Or just lovely short read aloud!
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Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2021
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A huge success with our 21-month-old baby. Wonderful watercolors and text.
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Torrie
5.0 out of 5 stars It is a very creative way to teach kids the water cycle
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019
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I chose 5 stars because it was amazing and I liked almost every page.
I liked the part when the little raindrop met the dolphins because they were so cute!
I didn't like how there were hardly any other raindrops I mean it's raining, but I still think every kid should get this book
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Coopington
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2015
Very cute story. I received this as a baby gift. The pages are just beautiful.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly charming and cleverly educational - The Little Raindrop and the cycle of water
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2016
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What happens to a raindrop once he falls out of the sky? Where does he go?
And more importantly, as I've heard this question a lot from my group of preschoolers, how does the rain get up there in the first place?

This is where a beautiful picture book like The Little Raindrop comes in very handy, as we follow the raindrop on his way from the moment he falls out of the cloud, heading towards earth (cleverly passing through a rainbow, which offers the chance of teaching basic colours to the young ones).

Our raindrop lands in a puddle, which is first shallow, but swells with more rain falling down and then is swept away over rocks into a stream.
We watch him bouncing along over pepples and looking at fish until the stream turns into a river. The strong current carries him further and further along, there are rapids and waterfalls.
Finally he reaches the ocean and plays with dolphins, until one day he is pulled back to the beach. The warmth of the sun makes him feel too hot and he floats up in the air to get a bit cooler, higher and higher, where he again reaches a cloud and so the circle starts anew.

I love the book. A cheerful story teaches young children the cycle of water in the most charming way.
The full page illustrations in pastel colours are stunningly beautiful and the cute wee raindrop is very appealing to children.
I'm a fan of books for kids with "sounds", as it makes the reading for them much more fun, and here there's a lot of splish, splash and splosh.
Perfect picturebook Highly recommended.
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S Kite
5.0 out of 5 stars The little Raindrop
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2013
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The Little Raindrop was a massive hit with all 4 of my children. My 4 year old was mesmerised by the adventures of the loveable main character, my 5 year old was desperate to turn each page to find out where the little raindrop would head next, my 6 year old was excited to tell anyone who would listen what she had learnt about the journey of a raindrop and my 8 year old finished the book and proceeded to bombard me with questions about the water cycle. It just shows how this book is a hit for children of all ages. A delightful piece of writing, with beautiful illustrations which really bring the little raindrop and his exciting adventures to life!
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MRS M
5.0 out of 5 stars What a lovely story with eduactional surprise
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2013
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The story is all about the little raindrop and it's journey from cloud to earth and back again. It's well written and easy to understand even for the little ones. It's beautifully illustrated and my son giggled when the raindrop was blown by the wind into the rainbow. My son is 2.5 and every night I ask my him which bedtime story he would like, his response is always the same book, but last night he was very happy for me to read his new story, he enjoyed it so much that he requested I read it again. That definitely says a lot to me. I would highly recommend this book.
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Ellen Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2013
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This is a fantastic first book from new author Joanna Gray. She has got an obvious talent for telling a story in a very educational way. I have bought lots of these books to give to friends and family and they are all raving about it whether they have children or not. Everyone has been thrilled to bits with the content and the illustrations. Very much looking forward to her next one because surely there must be one? I think Joanna will be a children's author that we will be hearing about for many years to come! Well Done!
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Christine Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Water cycle
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2018
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If you are teaching your children about the water cycle this is a wonderful book, my nursery children loved the story although as to be expected they did not understand the science behind it. It could but used and enjoyed by older children to understand the concept.
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