Rain Makes Applesauce
By Julian Scheer
The Story
A book of playful nonsense declares that stars are made of lemon juice, elbows grow on tickle trees, and rain makes applesauce — pure silly talk stacked line upon line.
Why It's Special
For the kid who loves saying the most ridiculous thing possible just to hear a grown-up laugh, this book hands them permission to talk pure nonsense on every page.
- Big idea: Silliness is its own kind of art — nonsense can be as carefully made and as beautiful as sense.
- Vibes: whimsical, dreamlike, playfully absurd, densely illustrated
Perfect For Kids Who
- love silly wordplay and impossible images
- enjoy repeating a favorite refrain out loud
- like to pore over detailed pictures again and again
- respond well to open-ended, imaginative language
Ask Your Little Reader
- Imagination: If stars were really made of lemon juice, what do you think they'd taste like?
- Silly talk: What's the silliest thing YOU can think of that rain could make?
- Art & noticing: What tiny detail in the pictures did you spot that we haven't talked about yet?
- Language play: Can you make up your own line of silly talk, like the ones in this book?
- Real-life connection: Do you ever like to say things that don't make sense, just for fun?
