Rain Feet

by Angela Johnson, Rhonda Mitchell (Illustrator)

A very young boy in a yellow slicker enjoys playing in the rain. "More evocative in [its] use of language than many other board books....Mitchell's softly rendered watercolors...bring a loving family into clear focus." - Publishers Weekly

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction

6 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Angela Johnson is the author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book When I Am Old with You; as well as A Sweet Smell of Roses, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; Just Like Josh Gibson, illustrated by Beth Peck; and I Dream of Trains, which was also illustrated by Loren Long. She has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels Heaven, Toning the Sweep, and The First Part Last. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.

Reviews

[Nikhil · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short poem spread out over several pages, with only a few words per page. Incomplete sentences, liberal use of punctuation. Wonderful illustrations though. In fact, the text is superfluous; the real story is in the pictures. Too avant-garde otherwise.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the illustrations, but there are very few words and they don’t even rhyme. My daughter still really likes it though (but pictures are all she needs).

[Elynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet little 10-page book featuring a young boy in a bright yellow raincoat on a rainy day. Simple words, the illustration is soft and dreamy but realistic. Perfect for little hands.

[Aolund · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet board book about enjoying the rain!

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ages 1 and up. Any child old enough to walk and splash in puddles will relate to this beautifully illustrated story set in a Black family.

[Kalynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great multicultural board book about rain. Many of the illustrations have movement to go along with the use of verbs and onomatopoeia.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elinor loves this one. I thought it was boring, but she makes me read it over and over again. I don't know if it's the oh-so-simple text or the adorable little boy in yellow, but it's a keeper.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

12.12.1996 The artwork is great!

05.09.1998 Still a favorite of ours

4.11.2000 Alissa's reading several words in these books - you, your, my, and, for, the, from.

[Elizabeth]

This has a lot of onomatopoeia, which I imagine would be enjoyable to young readers. It's very short, so I feel like there's not a lot of there there.