Oxford University Press ISBN 9780192746368 £12.99
Singing in the Rain is not a story book to be read to a child; it is a picture book to be shared and experienced with a child. Complete with a CD, this book uses the lyrics of Doris Day’s popular version of Singing in the Rain and is beautifully illustrated to show the joy, wonder, and excitement that rain can bring to children. In an era where children are wrapped up and kept indoors, rain is not celebrated in the way that it perhaps should be. Working in a school, we keep the children indoors when it rains rather than putting a coat and wellington boots on them and sending them out to explore. This book encapsulates the opportunities that rain presents. I would wait for a rainy day to read this book to a class, and would keep the musical element a surprise until the end of the first read as this song would be unknown to most four year olds today. Taking the CD outdoors in the rain would be the perfect opportunity for children to enjoy the rain as they have seen done in the book too. I can’t wait to share this with the Reception teachers in my school. Age range 4+
Jasmine Langdon, Year 2 Teacher, The Meads Infant and Nursery School, Milford Haven.
