"Rain is only for ducks," said Mike McBlossom irritably. But that was before the dry season!

Then Mike learned just how important rain really is—what happens when rain falls and what happens when it doesn't.

He learned that in the city rain cleans the sidewalks, buses, and fills up the reservoirs. But mostly Mike learned about rain right on the farm, where he saw it feed the roots of the flowers and vegetable and trees. He watched the frogs and toads and crayfish raise their families in the big pond made by the spring rains. He learned how necessary rain is to all living things.

From the dust jacket