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 Written by Roderick Hunt
Illustrated by Alex Brychta

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BEFORE READING DURING READING
Talk together Enjoy the story

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• Read the title together. Point out the together. If your child
exclamation mark. Ask: What happens if needs support to read

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it rains a lot or for a long time? the story:

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• Look at the front cover picture. Ask: How • Break unfamiliar

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do you think the family are feeling? words into chunks or
• Look through the book and talk about syllables to work them
out (e.g. e–nor–mous).

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the pictures.
• Remind your child
to blend unfamiliar
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words from left
About the words in this book
to right.
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• Your child will probably be able to
• If a word is still too
read most of the words in this book.
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tricky, simply say

Encourage your child to sound out
the whole word for
and blend any challenging words,
your child.
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such as those below. If necessary,

model the blending or read the words • Re-read sentences
for your child. to focus on their
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meaning where
brought canoe necessary.
worried thoughtful
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See the inside back cover

for more ideas.
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 AFTER READING
• Re-read page 11. Ask: Why was Dad worried?
• Turn to pages 15–16. Ask: What were the sandbags
used for?

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• Look at page 32. Ask: Do you think the end of the
story is happy or sad? Why?

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• Talk about what the family will need to do to get
things back to normal.

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Text © Roderick Hunt 2001

Illustrations © Alex Brychta 2001
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First published 2001

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This edition published 2011

ISBN 978-0-19-848347-2
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It just keeps on raining
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and raining. The stream
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overflows and the
park is flooded. What
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will happen if the rain

doesn’t stop?
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