Rain Makes Applesauce

by Julian Scheer

Book Overview

The stars are made of lemon juice...
...and rain makes applesauce.
Elbows grow on a tickle tree...
...and rain makes applesauce.
Oh, you're just talking silly talk.

This is a book of silly talk. It doesn't pretend to be anything else. And yet it is an extraordinary creation, in which author and artist speak to children in a very special way. The fanciful nonsense and marvelously intricate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823400913
• ISBN13: 9780823400911
• Release Date: September 1964
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great rhymes and fantastical illustrations

This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child. I used to make my mother check it out of the library again and again. I was fascinated by the elaborate drawings, but the rhymes of the book are also very memorable. I even received a copy as a adult when it came back into print! Now I will share it with my niece who is about the age that I was when I first read the book!

Rain Makes Applesauce

This is a charming book for children to read. Its silly phrases and fantastic illustrations will keep children entertained for countless readings. It is a childhood favorite of mine, one I have shared with numerous students. "Oh you're just talking silly talk," was a favorite saying from my childhood. Once I read this book to my students, they used the phrase too.I'm thrilled to see this book in print again!

A Favorite Book Forever

This is a book that my daughters brought home from the library every-other time they went. They would take it back one week and get it again the next time. I think the reptition of each phrase ending in "rain makes applesauce" made them feel like they we're actually reading. as I recall, they had the book memorized after a while. The illustrations are wonderful also. This year they each received a copy for Christmas. They are now 26 and 27. They didn't open another gift until they read the book from cover to cover. One of the girls is a 3rd grade teacher and she has already used it in her classroom. Her class wrote a sequil....complete with illustrations. We'll never forget RAIN MAKES APPLESAUCE

Every child (and parent) should have this book!

This is a wonderful book that we still treasure... and my daughter is now 22. The illustrations and the text together weave a fanciful, delightful story. It's special silliness has parent and child laughing together; the detailed illustrations with the text dancing on the pages in the same colors adds visual interest to the simple lines and the repeating refrain. It's very rewarding when a little-known, yet worthy book endures.