Come on, Rain!

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A shower of thanks to Mark Breen of the Fairbanks Museum, to Lois, Cookie, Bonnie, and Janet, Miz Dot, Miz Chippy, Mom, and Miz Frances, to Eileen, Bob, Liza, and Randy, to Kate and Rachel, and Dianne Hess

Text copyright © 1999 by Karen Hesse

Illustrations copyright © 1999 by Jon J Muth

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hesse, Karen.

Come on, rain! / by Karen Hesse ; illustrated by Jon J Muth. p. cm.

Summary: A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive

summer heat.

ISBN 0-590-33125-6

[1. Rain and rainfall — Fiction. 2. Summer — Fiction. 3. Mothers and daughters — Fiction.]

I. Muth, Jon J, ill. II. Title.

PZ7.H4364Rai 1999

98-11575

CIP

AC

Printed in Singapore

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10 9 8 7 6 5 4

02 01 0/0

First edition, March 1999

Book design by David Saylor

The text type was set in 13-point Goudy Sans Bold Italic.

The illustrations in this book were rendered in watercolor.

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