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Picture Book · Ages 5–8 · 2016
The Big Rain
By Kirsten McDonald, Erika Meza (Illustrator)
Part of the Carlos & Carmen series
Twins discover a backyard puddle holds unexpected fun after a storm.
3.8/5 Goodreads · 26 ratings
31 pages
$32.79Save 5%
Bookroo's summary
After days of relentless rain, twins Carlos and Carmen step into their transformed backyard, now a vast puddle. What seems like a watery mess soon becomes an unexpected playground. As they splash and explore, their parents can't resist joining the fun. What adventures await in this newfound watery world? Dive into a story where rain brings more than just water—it brings joy and surprises.
From the publisher
It’s been raining and raining and raining. When the sun finally peeks out from behind the clouds, Carlos and Carmen find their entire backyard is one big puddle. But the twins don’t mind once they discover it’s not just a puddle of water–it’s a puddle of fun! Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
At a glance
- Format
- Library Binding
- Pages
- 31
- Reading age
- 5–8
- Audience
- Early Reader
- Lexile
- 500L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2.8
- F&P level
- ~N
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 179206
Publication
- Published
- December 15, 2015
- First published
- January 1, 2016
- Publisher
- Magic Wagon
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781624021374
- LCCN
- 2015026225
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