Books like Rainstorm
By Barbara Lehman
One ordinary Tuesday evening, a pond full of frogs suddenly rises into the air on their lily pads and drifts off to explore the sleeping town nearby.
A journey through a string of impossible moments — a swing that soars past treetops, a bike path made of falling leaves, balloons that turn a gray sky postcard-perfect — where the everyday world quietly becomes something else entirely.
A science-minded boy examining flotsam on the beach finds a barnacle-crusted underwater camera, and the developed photos reveal astonishing secrets from the deep.
A little girl discovers the play of light and shadow in a dark attic, turning a single bulb's glow into a wordless adventure of shapes and imagination.
A boy finds a salamander in the woods and imagines turning his own bedroom into a perfect woodland home, adding moss, trees, and stars to keep it happy.
A drowsy kitten chases a mouse right through a framed poster on the wall, tumbling into a chase across famous artworks and through history — and then must find his way back home.
A young boy sets off on a moonlit walk armed with only an oversize purple crayon, drawing his own path through woods, seas, and dragons before finding his way safely back to bed.
A boy finds an abandoned book by the side of the road, and stepping into its pages opens a doorway into another world just as real as his own.
A boy longs to catch the rainbow he spots outside his window, and imagines all the wonderful ways he could play with one of his own.
Three children find a bag of chalk at a rainy playground and discover that whatever they draw with it springs to life right off the pavement.
