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            I'll Play With You

            I'll Play With You
            by Mary McKenna Siddals
            illustrated by David Wisniewski
            Clarion Books / 2000
            Picture Book

            Children speak to the sun, wind, clouds, rain, stars, and moon, asking to play with them.

            LOOK INSIDE! - sample pages

            BUY at Amazon.com (U.S.)

            BUY at Amazon.ca (Canada)

            ACTIVITIES for kids

            NEW! Catch weather words in the Raindrop Letter Game

            NEW! Chase away the storm in the Cloud Attack Game

            Go on a Weather Adventure:
            Riding the Winds with Kalani


            Play some Weather Wiz Kids Games

            Do some Weather Wiz Kids Experiments

            Identify the shadows in Tigger's Shadow Shapes Game

            Unscramble the Clouds puzzles and Learn Cloudspeak

            Create clouds and watch them change with Cloud Painter

            What do you see in the clouds? Use your imagination!

            Play the Cloud Matching Game & Cloud Concentration

            Make this unique Rainy Day Cloud Costume

            Capture the sound of rain by making your own rainstick

            Create a little lightning with this Super Sparker

            Splash your way through Kai-lan's Puddle Hop

            Play the Rainbow Rescue game online

            Click and drag to build this jigsaw puzzle of the moon

            Reach way up with some Sky Yoga

            TEACHING RESOURCES and LESSON PLANS

            NEW! Rainbow Activity Theme (ChildFun)

            NEW! Rain and Clouds Theme

            Riding the Winds with Kalani:
            A Weather Adventure (IL-UIUC)

            Weather Wiz Kids - a meteorologist-designed website

            Weather Theme

            Windsocks and Wind Chimes with Kids

            Rainbow Theme for Kids

            Cloud Module storybook and learning activities (GLOBE)

            Stormy weather activities (PBS)

            Our Big Home: Storytime Guide/Activities (pdf) (MN)

            REVIEWS

            * A whimsical conversation
            with children and the elements….
            --Bank Street "Best Children's Books
            of the Year" (starred)
             
            Multicultural kids ask the sun, wind, clouds,
            stars, and rain to play and are swept up
            with the spirit and beauty of the elements.
            —Nick Jr. Magazine "Best Books"
            Recommended Read
             
            A comforting solitude that suggests
            a fresh connection with the world.
            —Publisher's Weekly

            An excellent bedtime book, this will
            encourage urban and rural kids alike
            to engage with the outdoors.
            —American Library Association Booklist

            Young listeners are bound to enjoy
            this attractive offering and the smooth,
            rhythmic text is well suited to reading aloud.
             —School Library Journal

            May inspire young listeners to enjoy
            some of their own running, splashing,
            and jumping in the great outdoors.
            —KM, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

            The small-sized book, which features children of several different ethnicities, is a good introduction
            to some basic features of the natural world.
            —The Horn Book

            A lyrical tale about the joys of outdoor play
            brings together in friendship a group of
            multiethnic children, who romp in the sun,
            wind, rain, and moonlight, in a hand-sized
            story featuring cut-paper illustrations.
            —The Librarian’s Choice

            A graceful tribute to nature and
            to children's imaginative enjoyment of it.
            —Emily Will in Provident BookFinder

            With Caldecott medalist David Wisniewski's
            trademark cut paper illustrations,
            the reader is introduced to sun and shadow,
            rain and thunder, rainbows, clouds and wind….
            This little book could invoke maximum discussion.
            —Library Talk

            Highly recommended
            to all parents of young children.
            —Carl Contreras in
            The Lorgnette - Heart of Texas Reviews



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