Red Rubber Boot Day
Red Rubber Boot Day
Written by Mary Lynn Ray
Illustrated by Lauren Stringer
New York, Harcourt, 2000.
10.6" x 9.4"
Kerlan Collection, Children's Literature Research Collections
University of Minnesota Libraries
This poetic read-aloud continues the tradition of the "Here-and-Now" school. Ray's buoyant text and Stringer's energetic acrylic paintings perfectly capture an up-close child's eye view of indoor and outdoor rainy-day play. The cover illustration exemplifies the explosive joy of puddle jumping in contrast to the "almost cover's" expression of contemplation and longing gazes out the window.