Author Katherine Pryor and illustrator Rose Soini are a proven team who created Hello, Garden!, GOLD winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award and which Kirkus Reviews called, "Just right for little gardeners," and Publishers Weekly called, "A garden journey to engage the senses, ideal for the youngest readers." Hello, Rain! features the same characters and landscape as Hello, Garden! Katherine is also the author of Bea's Bees (978-0-7643-5699-5; "important contribution to the understanding and conservation of bees."--SLJ) and Spring Is for Strawberries (978-0-7643-6571-3) Supports parents seeking the many benefits of introducing children to nature and the outdoors from the youngest possible age, as well as kids newly discovering the joy of a good puddle jump Katherine Pryor and Rose Soini live in western Washington, a region of the world know for making the most of rainy days. After over a decade of living in the Seattle area, Katherine was inspired to write Hello, Rain! as a sort of love letter to its infamous weather.