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Don't Let April Rain on Your Parade!

Check-out these rainy reads!

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  • "Rain falls outside an old Louisiana Creole house until the ground is as soggy as a bowl of cush cush."
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Little Bee Books, 2025. — J PIC PIE
  • "A young girl is thrilled to spend the day with her big sister, but things don't go as planned. It's so hot outside-legs-stick-to-the-seat hot-that her ice cream melts and then it rains."
    Picture Book, 2024Zürich, Switzerland : NorthSouth Books, 2024. — J PIC BUC
  • "Sheltering in a mysterious mound in the earth, Twig quickly realises that trouble is afoot, and that his best blue-haired friend is in danger."
    Graphic Novel, 2024London : Flying Eye Books, Ltd., 2024. — J GRAPHIC HILDA PEA
  • "It's raining today! Join Mr. Octopus as he gives out umbrellas to his animal friends. Colorful illustrations and cute characters introduce young readers to colors, matching, and staying dry!"
    Picture Book, 2024Chicago, Illinois : World Book, Inc., [2024]. — J PIC HAN
  • "This engaging and educational picture book about protecting our waterways follows a classroom as they build a rain garden, empowering readers with the tools to reduce pollution, diminish flooding and create a habitat for wildlife."
    Picture Book, 2024New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2024] — J PIC NATURE SCH
  • "Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake or Cormac McCarthy's The Road, this riveting novel set in a postapocalyptic America brings us a chilling look at survival in the face of a catastrophic climate disaster and the collapse of…
    eBook, 2024[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2024. — eBook hoopla
  • Creating Rain Gardens

    Capturing the Rain for Your Own Water-efficient Garden

    Woelfle-Erskine, Cleo
    "Apryl Uncapher is an ecological designer dedicated to rainwater harvesting modeled on nature's examples. Co-author of the San Francisco Rainwater Harvesting Guide , Apryl has consulted on a variety of integrative stormwater management and water…
    Book, 2012Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2012. — 635.95 WOE
  • Rain Gardens

    Sustainable Landscaping for a Beautiful Yard and a Healthy World

    Steiner, Lynn M., 1958-
    "Rain gardens are at the forefront of the green revolution. They allow rainwater to follow the natural course of the water cycle."
    eBook, 2012Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2012.
  • "Children, animals, and natural life react to a coming rainstorm that will nourish them all"
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Beach Lane Books, [2023] — J PIC RYL
  • "From the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of Pay Dirt Road comes Hard Rain, Samantha Jayne Allen's mesmerizing next novel set in a hardscrabble Texas town dealing with disaster."
    Book, 2023New York : Minotaur Books, 2023. — F MYS ALL
  • "Psychiatrist Rayne Westerfield has found purpose in helping patients, especially those with PTSD, heal at the Resting Warrior Ranch."
    Streaming Audiobook, 2023[United States] : Findaway Voices, 2023. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • "Angelo Russo came like a storm into my life and left destruction in his trail. "
    Streaming Audiobook, 2023[United States] : Findaway Voices, 2023. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • "A sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's debut novella, Nothing but the Rain. "
    Streaming Audiobook, 2023[United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2023. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • "Mercy Roller knows her name is a lie: there has never been any mercy in her life."
    Streaming Audiobook, 2022[United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2022. — eAudiobook hoopla