After the Rain
$29.67
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2026
Summary
Gorgeously illustrated and brimming with accessible science, this joyful picture book explores the wonders of the natural world after it rains. Puddle-hopping optional!
What happens once the rain stops? To a young child out exploring with her grandmother and dog, the world smells of summer green and turtles and warm bricks. That after-rain smell, known as petrichor, signals to seeds, You can come up now! Bees buzz out of their hives and sip from puddles. Butterflies desert th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536236385 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536236381 |
| Author: | Eleanor Spicer Rice, Fiona Lee |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | MIT Kids Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 222mm x 265mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
Critics Review
Readers will eagerly pore over these illustrations, whose extra details, like a raindrop-spangled spider web, enrich a narrative that exudes enthusiasm for nature. A pleasing and informative exploration of a storm-drenched world.
—Kirkus Reviews
This book may inspire young scientists to look more closely at their neighborhood nature.
—Booklist
Spicer Rice’s exclamatory dialogue helps introduce scientific concepts including evaporation, puddling, and humidity. The narration’s focus on inference-based definition seems primed to prompt discussion and close examination of the jungle-like artwork, which consistently captivates, mingling flora and fauna for an immersive experience.
—Publishers Weekly
A strong choice for libraries needing books to support scientific nomenclature for young readers.
—School Library Journal
This delightful tour combines hands-on exploration with deeper knowledge of the world.
—The Virginian-Pilot
Eleanor Spicer Rice
Eleanor Spicer Rice, PhD, is an entomologist and the author of many nonfiction books, including the three titles in the Your Hidden Life series: Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World; Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors; and Undercover Conversations: Eavesdrop on the Natural World. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, sons, dogs, hermit crabs, an assortment of spiders and insects, and a small but valiant flock of homing pigeons.
Fiona Lee is the illustrator of Can’t Stop Kissing That Baby by K. L. Going, Bark Ship Bonnie by Stephanie Staib, Ways to Say I Love You by Madeleine Cook, and other acclaimed picture books. Originally from Vermont, she now lives on Martha’s Vineyard with her husband and two children.
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