Written by: Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by: Dyanna Wolcott
Rain Romp is a colorful book of poems for children 3 years of age and older. One of my favorite characteristics of this book was it's unique way of writing poetry on a page. Some of the poems within the story are written in a way that is typical of poetry. Others are written diagonally, curvy, or in different fonts scattered amongst the pages. Another aspect I enjoyed was the author's way of making the poetry have a rhythm without using rhymes. I was able to read the entire book in a smooth steady pattern without getting caught up with rhyming words.
In addition the illustrator, Wolcott, does a nice job of aiding the written text with her illustrations. The illustrations are page filling and extremely colorful. The colors are somewhat pastel in appearance and this gives the book a pleasant, soft feeling. I would recommend this book to students to read in their individual reading time as well as group-reading (perhaps in a literature group). This book is aimed toward younger students, however, I feel as though students in middle elementary could definitely benefit from it by studying the unique way poetry is written throughout this book.
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