Illustrations and simple text explain what rain is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and the importance of clean water.

Brief text and illustrations describe a rainstorm.

There is a softness and a quiet before the rain comes… When rain is on its way, some people and animals hurry home and get cozy inside. But others stay out to soak up the glorious showers! Wet drops bounce on leaves and roofs, creeks fill up, trees take a shower, cats have a show, and everyone relishes the rain.

"Rain--it makes puddles for jumping in, helps birds to clean their feathers and brings out snails and worms. But what is rain? And how does it transform the world around us?..."--P. [4] of cover.

When her friends find out Catty Jane does not like the rain, they show her everything they love about it.

The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.

The students in Miss Bindergarten's class stay inside during a rainstorm until the weather clears, allowing the students to venture outside where they fall into puddles before spotting a beautiful rainbow.

Rhyming text and illustrations depict the swell and quieting of a storm.

When unusually heavy rain threatens crops and soaks fairy wings in Sugar Valley, Dash, a Mint Fairy, worries that the upcoming Royal Mint Jubilee and parade will be ruined.

In this "lift-the-flap book" Kipper explores the outside in the rain to see which animals like rain as much as he does.