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| Down Comes the Rain (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Franklyn M. Branley
Creator: James Graham Hale
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
List Price: $5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 108722
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.7 x 0.2
ISBN: 0064451666
Dewey Decimal Number: 551.57
EAN: 9780064451666
ASIN: 0064451666
Publication Date: September 30, 1997
Release Date: August 16, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
After rain comes down, the sun comes out and dries the puddles. But the water isn't gone. The heat from the sun has turned it into water vapor-it has evaporated. Eventually, this moisture in the air condenses to form new clouds. Soon the rain will fall again. Read on to find out all the ups and downpours of the water cycle!
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 Nice book for young children on the water cycle July 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a nice book to read aloud to those in the range of 4-8 years, and could be read by a 2nd-grader. The book does a good job explaining the water cycle, condensation, evaporation, the formation of clouds, hail, etc. It's easy to understand and enjoyable to read. The illustrations are wonderful also. There are practical illustrations and activity suggestions, like putting a teaspoon of water on a plate to evaporate, boiling water on the stove, or filling a glass of water with ice to away condensation.
I'd recommend this as a good book on the topic for anyone with preschoolers or early elementary age children; it's a nice addition to our homeschooling library. My only gripe is that it's mentioned that water vapor in clouds can turn into rain and into hail, but there's not even a passing mention of snowflakes.
Nice book May 14, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a nice book. My son is still too young for it (4 yr old). But He can read it in couple of years.
 Where Does It Come From? April 9, 2000
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
Down Comes The Rain is an excellent book that introduces to young children the formation of rain and where it actually comes from. It also discusses the transformation of water into ice and also the evaporation of water. Children can understand the book through its simple terms and colorful illustrations. Rain is just one of the many things that young children often wonder about. It is a very good book that can be added to any elementary classroom when discussing a unit on weather or simply to have at home to read togther on rainy days! Many hands-on activities, such as putting a teaspoon of water into a saucer and coming back to see that it has evaporated into the air, can be done by using this book. I have added this book to my list that I plan to use in the classroom!
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