"While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their hole with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building an ark for them and other backyard creatures - salamanders and toads, snakes and spiders, even brightly colored hummingbirds. Setting out fistfuls of nuts and leaves,...

It's a rainy day, and the Patterson puppies have run out of things to do. If only it were sunny and warm, they could go to the beach! But then Petra gets an idea. Indoor beach party! Buckets! A blue-carpet ocean! The surfing and undersea diving are a blast, until mom and dad appear on the shore. Uh-oh! Will a mop-brigade party be as much fun?

Provides answers to such questions about the weather as "What is the atmosphere?", "How does water get into the clouds?", "What makes lightning happen?", and "What is the water cycle?"

As a young brave attempts to help his Pueblo tribe save their crops, the reader is asked to make choices throughout the story while the young brave makes his journey to the kachinas to ask for rain.

"A rainy spring day on the porch turns into a deep-sea diving adventure for Clark and his siblings"--

Megan, her dog Mumbles, Fumbles the cat, and Inches the mouse go outside one rainy night, where the moon reflected in a puddle invites them to float, fly, and wish, until it is time to go home to sleep.

As the seasons change, Mouse tries fishing, making a snowman, swimming, and camping.

A young boy and his grandfather find much they can do together on a rainy day during monsoon season in India.

One sunny day, Rabbit and his pals are playing outside and they couldn't be happier. But, oh, no!--the sky starts clouding up and before they know it, it's raining, it's pouring, and everyone has to run home. How boring! What will they do for the rest of the day? It doesn't take long for Rabbit to realize that fun can be had in the rain. With raincoats, boots, and umbrellas, let the splashing games begin.--