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Fun in the Rain This month, we celebrate the change in season with our monsoon stories that are about having fun in the rain. After the scorching summer heat, with temperatures soaring above 40° C across India, rains are welcomed. But soon, kids realize there are a lot of thing they can’t do—like playing outside or staying dry. If you live along the coasts, then dampness and the continuous rains can make kids edgy.

In “Rain is Fun” (pages 20 to 23), Meera and Kiran, along with their friends, realize that there are many games that they can play when its rains.

Playing ‘Splish Splosh’ or letting paper boats float along the small streams are definitely some of them.

Similarly, in “Staying Dry” (pages 12 to 15), Della’s friends want to abandon their plans for the day because it’s raining. But Della isn’t so easily discouraged. She encourages her friends to buy umbrellas so they can go to the lake as planned.

Standing in water holding umbrellas? How silly!

Or is it? It might make good sense to your child.

Because the flamingos act like people, maybe they feel and think like people, too.

I hope you will enjoy sharing both these stories with your little ones and make the rains a fun family season.

Sincerely, Richa Shah, Managing Editor Email me at editor.genies@delhipress.in

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Sandy Castle The Adventures of Spot™ Tex and Indi™: It’s Hard to Wait Staying Dry Meera and Kiran: Rain is Fun! Enjoy the Show!

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Let’s Puzzle It Out 10 16 18 24

My First Hidden Pictures™ Puzzle Bears, Bears Eveywhere!

That’s Silly!™ Setting Up Camp

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Let’s Do It 32 Teeny- Tiny Sand Crabs 34 Make a Shiny Painting 35 Stripes on Toast

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Sandy Castle

By Mary Straw

Down by the water’s edge, I fill my cup with sand— tap, tap, tap it— tightly as I can.

Tip it over quickly.

Slip away the cup.

That’s the way I build My sandy castle up!

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Spot’s ear itches.

Spot’s paw itches.

Spot’s back itches.

Spot has fleas everywhere!

“Here, Spot.”

Good-bye, fleas!

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It’s Hard to Wait

By Lissa Rovetch

• Art by Amy Wummer

“What are you two doing?” asked Arizona.

Tex quickly covered up something.

“It’s a secret,” said Indi. “You have to wait for your birthday to find out!”

“You’ll never guess!” said Tex. “Hmm,” said Arizona. She smiled. “If I do, will you tell me now?”

“OK,” said Indi. “But you’ll never guess!”

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“Let’s see,” said Arizona. “Is it a rainbow-colored rabbit?”

“No,” said Tex. “Is it the world’s smallest elephant?”

“Nope,” said Indi.

“I give up,” said Arizona. “May I please open it now?”

“You have to wait!” Tex and Indi said at the exact same time.

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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday came and went.

On Monday, it was Arizona’s birthday.

Finally, she could open the special secret present.

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“We made you a collage!” said Tex. “With photos and drawings of fun things we did together this year,” said Indi.

“I love it!” Arizona said, giving them a great big hug. “And I love you, too!”

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My First Puzzle

Find t h ese objects hidden in the big picture.

Pizza

Envelope

Carrot

Fork

Heart

Glove

Pencil

Ice-Cream Cone

Working Hard

By Diana Murray

Speeding, hauling, lifting, dumping— Trucks are driving, working hard, Digging, pushing, sifting, pulling— In the sandbox in our yard.

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Ruler

Art by Paula J. Becker

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Staying Dry

By Ana Galán

• Art by Violet Lemay

Della and her friends are getting ready to go to the lake.

But it’s raining! “Oh no! Look at all that rain!” says Lucy.

“We can’t go to the lake. We will get wet!” says Molly.

Della looks out the window. She sees a street vendor selling umbrellas. “Come on,” she says. “We can buy umbrellas. Then we won’t get wet.”

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The three friends pick up their purses and head outside.

“Good morning,” says Della. “I’d like a pink umbrella.”

The vendor gives her a pink umbrella.

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“I’d like a blue umbrella,” says Molly.

The vendor gives Molly a blue umbrella.

“I’d like a green umbrella,” says Lucy.

And the vendor gives Lucy a green umbrella.

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Then Della, Molly, and Lucy walk to the lake.

As they wade into the water, Della says, “It’s a good thing our umbrellas keep us dry!”

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Bears, Bears Everywhere!

By Heidi Bee Roemer

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Art by Rico Schacherl

Giant bears, tiny bears Bears in every size Scruffy bears Fluffy bears Bears with button eyes Bears in boots and bathing suits But just one bear is right— A bear to hug, a bear to love My bear to kiss good night.

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Find the B ’s hidden in this picture.

How many bears can you find?

Look for things that start with the B sound.

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Silly!

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Art by Louie Chin

W hat silly things do you see?

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Rain is Fun!

By Nandini Nayar Art by Sonal and Sumit

Meera and Kiran Meera and Kiran’s friends, Nikhil and Tanya, had come over to play.

“Come, let’s play outside!” said Meera.

When they opened the door, it was raining.

“Oh no!” the children said.

“Why aren’t you playing outside?” Pa asked.

“When the rain stops, we will play outside,” Meera said.

“When the rain stops, we will play football,” Tanya said.

“When the rain stops, Ginger will run,” Kiran said.

“When the rain stops, we will play hide-and-seek!” Nikhil said.

“When the rain stops, we will have fun!” Meera said.

“But you don’t have to wait for the rain to stop to have fun!” Pa said.

“Let’s first put on our raincoats,” Pa continued.

The kids wore their raincoats while Pa covered Ginger with a plastic bag.

Ginger looked funny!

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The garden was full of puddles.

“Let’s play Splish-Splosh!” Pa said.

They had to jump into the puddles and see who could splash the most!

Meera, Kiran, Nikhil, and Tanya jumped into a puddle each.

Water splashed everywhere. What a fun game that was!

Pa made paper boats. When he put them in the water flowing down the garden, the boats raced away. The children ran after them. Only Ginger caught one of them!

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“Children!” Ma called. “Come and eat!”

As soon as they finished eating, they jumped up.

“Where are you going?” Ma asked.

“To play in the rain,” they said.

“But it has stopped raining,” Ma said.

“Oh no!” the children said and sat down.

“Why aren’t you playing?” Pa asked.

“When it starts raining again, we will! It’ so much fun!” the kids said.

Ginger barked.

Yes, playing in the rain was fun!

Setting Up Camp Art by Mike Brownlow

How are these pictures the same?

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How are they different?

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Enjoy the Show!

By Eileen Spinelli

• Art by Rose Mary Berlin

Little Bunny and his friends decided to put on a talent show. “I’ll play my harmonica,” he said.

Mouse piped up. “I can sing a song.”

“I can dance,” said Raccoon.

“And I can tell jokes,” said Mole.

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Squirrel sighed. “I can’t sing or dance or tell jokes very well. And I can’t play an instrument. I guess you won’t want me in the show.”

“Of course we want you,” said Little Bunny. “You are going to be the most important part of the show.”

Everybody helped build a stage for the show.

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Little Bunny was the first to perform.

He played his favorite song on his harmonica. Squirrel clapped and clapped.

When Mouse finished singing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” Squirrel shouted, “Bravo!”

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Raccoon did her dance and Squirrel cheered.

Mole told a joke and Squirrel laughed so hard he got the hiccups.

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When the show was over, Little Bunny said, “Thanks for being part of the show, Squirrel.”

“Me?” said Squirrel. “I didn’t do anything.”

“You sure did,” said Little Bunny. “You were the best audience ever!”

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Teeny-Tiny Sand The teeny-tiny sand crab crawls along the beach.

He digs sandy holes as deep as he can reach.

Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc. Crab photo by iStock/yuliagubina, sky art by iStock/traffic_analyzer, water art by iStock/urfinguss, sand art by iStock/Allevinatis

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The color of the sand crab’s shell makes it hard to spot when the crab crawls along the beach.

Crabs

A Fingerplay

By Rebecca Langston-George Art by Mitch Mortimer

Then the teeny-tiny sand crab crawls along the beach.

He climbs into his hole with antennas He grabs and eats the peeking out and waits plankton floating until he feels the within reach. ocean splash about.

Plankton are tiny animals and plants that float in oceans and other big bodies of water.

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Make a Shiny Painting

By Robin Abeshaus and Meagan Barkley

You Need

1.

Pour ½ cup of acrylic paint into a plastic cup. Add about 1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap and stir with a paintbrush. Repeat this step for each color.

• Red, yellow, and orange acrylic paint • Plastic or paper cups • Liquid dish soap • 3 paintbrushes • Aluminium foil

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Make a design on the foil. When the paint dries, it will stay on the foil!

Where will you hang your work of art?

Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc. Foil photo by iStock/philipimage

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Stripes on Toast

By Marilyn Kratz

You Need

• Whole-wheat bread • Whipped cream cheese • Strawberry jam

• Blueberries • Milk

Before You Begin

Toast slices of whole-wheat bread.

1. On crunchy toast, spread cream cheese.

2. Add strawberry-jam and

blueberry stripes alternately.

Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.

3. Serve it with milk for a Fourth of July breakfast.

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