Plop The Raindrop

This simple counting book contains spirited rhyming text and cheerful illustrations that capture the unexpected pleasures that a little wet weather can bring. Full color.

Plop is a raindrop new to the pond. There he meets a mentoring miserly molecule and falls spout over droplet in love for a lily pad. One day, his idyllic world is turned upside down and Plop is forced to leave his life among the cool calm waters of comfort and brave best what lies before him. Plop's travels carry him from forest marsh and sewer drains to faucet spouting and ocean waves. Along the way, Plop must confront vaporous specters, sucking storm drains, a dreaded pair of lips, and the hustle and bustle of the open sea. Will Plop ever return again to the cool waters he once called home? Plop the Raindrop is a seussian sanguine poem of love, life, and loss from the perspective of an anthropomorphized water droplet thirsting for a wave to call home. Featuring 10 illustrations by Lorin Morgan-Richards.

A young girl and her dog find many things to count on a rainy day, both as they play outside and after they come home to a warm, dry house.

This book follows the journey of a raindrop through the water cycle.

The gripping story of a boy’s escape by boat from Communist Vietnam in 1980. Eleven-year-old Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam. He spends his afternoons playing soccer and cricket fighting, but life is slowly changing under the Communists. His parents are worried, and Tho knows the Communist army will soon knock on their door to make his brother, and them him, join them. Still, it shocks him when his father says he’s arranged for Tho to leave, immediately. Tho tries to be brave as he sets out on a harrowing journey toward the unknown. A survival story drawn from real-life experiences enrich this riveting refugee story.

Aurea, the Golden City, is home to sacred spirits of ancient realms and the birthplace of many of humanity's myths and legends-even though most of humanity has never heard of it. While the world may consider it long gone, time refuses to let it drift out of memory. Now the tales it spins are no longer those of ancient, noble heroes that come to us as bedtime stories-but of their descendants. So if you're wondering if you might have some link to Aurea-if you believe you're secretly descended from one of its spirits or if you're curious about the story it might have to tell-then, by all means, proceed. But take heed: plunge too deep into this world and its history, and you might find yourself being tugged through a hurricane and eventually washing up someplace unknown. And then perhaps you'll understand why most books are better believed to be fiction. This fantasy novel for young adults introduces a mystical land of legend lost to time and rediscovered by a group of modern teenagers.

Discover the wonder of water in this refreshingly fun and fascinating exploration of rain, raindrops, and the water cycle from the creator of Rah, Rah, Radishes! and Go, Go Grapes! Raindrops drop. They plop. They patter. They spatter. And in the process, they make the whole world feel fresh and new and clean. In this gorgeously photo-illustrated nonfiction picture book, celebrated author April Pulley Sayre sheds new light on the wonders of rain, from the beauty of a raindrop balanced on a leaf to the amazing, never-ending water cycle that keeps our planet in perfect ecological balance.

Adam, while taking a break from school work, tries out a new tube of “special” bubbles and finds that they can be connected. As they grow, he eventually he is able to enter them, and the bubbles shrink him to the size of an ant. By jumping up and down and with a puff of breeze, Adam ends up in a tree. He finds friends and excitement in his backyard as he tries to go back to his normal size. Along the way, he gets to know a number organisms like a fungi, a bee, a wood roach, a cric