Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema

Her book, Who's in Rabbit's House?, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, was an ALA Notable Children's Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 1977. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of 'The House That Jack Built.'Ībout the Author Verna Aardema (1911-2000) was a highly acclaimed storyteller and the author of many books of African folktales. Illustrations are stylized, simple, and dramatic'.-School Library Journal.īook Synopsis A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. 'Cumulative rhyming tale with the rhythm and repetition of The House That Jack Built. About the Book The story of how Ki-pat ingeniously brings rain to the arid Kapiti Plain.

Aardema was married twice, and died in 2000 in Fort Myers, Florida. Her picture-book, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, won co-illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon a Caldecott Medal. She went on to write over thirty more books, most of them folkloric retellings. In 1960 she published her first book, the collection of stories, Tales from the Story Hat. She also worked as a journalist for the Muskegon Chronicle from 1951-1972. She was educated at Michigan State University, and taught grade school from 1934-1973. (source: Wikipedia) A prolific American children's author and teacher, Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen - more commonly known as Verna Aardema - was born in 1911 in New Era, Michigan. A prolific American children's author and teacher, Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen - more commonly known as Verna Aardema - was born in 1911 in New Era, Michigan.

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema