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Atheneum Books (1999), Hardcover, 32 pages
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On a rainy morning, Mr. and Mrs. Submarine invite a cat, dog, coyote, wildebeest, Ludwig van Beethoven, the United States Marine Band, and others into their home to share their breakfast of tea and corn muffins.
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LibraryThing member raizel
Cute book about a couple inviting animals and others into their house and serving them blueberry muffins while it rains. It's a little slow for very young children, who have never heard of Beethoven and European circuses. But it's by Daniel Pinkwater (hence the blueberry muffins?) and therefore
Interesting to compare this and Always Room for One More with all the Could Anything Be Worse? and "crowded house" books, which bemoan the crowding. I figure the attitude has a lot to do with who controls what goes on in the house. The "crowded house" books are also about changing your world view.
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must be good! Interesting to compare this and Always Room for One More with all the Could Anything Be Worse? and "crowded house" books, which bemoan the crowding. I figure the attitude has a lot to do with who controls what goes on in the house. The "crowded house" books are also about changing your world view.
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LibraryThing member dangerlibearian
I know Daniel Pinkwater is supposed to be a genius at writing children's books but I just don't get it. It keeps raining and they keep asking different animals to come in out of the rain, each one gets a corn muffin, kind of tedious.
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
One rainy morning Mr. and Mrs. Submarine find themselves hosting an ever-growing assortment of wet creatures, from a shy coyote to the United States Marine Band. "I'm glad we bought four hundred and fifty pounds of muffin mix," Mrs Submarine said, and well might she be, with a cat, a dog, a horse,
As mentioned in my review of The Muffin Fiend, the muffin is a recurring theme in the Pinkwaters' work, and I was happy to see that Rainy Morning was no exception. But although I enjoyed this tale of an impromptu rainy morning gathering, somehow I didn't find it quite as hilarious as some of this author/illustrator team's other work. There were certainly moments that won a smile, but none that provoked the helpless giggling I have come to expect. That's the worst of being picture-book geniuses, I expect: solidly "good" books just seem to be a disappointment! Still, I'm glad to have read this, and thank my friend Lisa for recommending it - a good Pinkwater is nothing to sneeze at.
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some crows, some chickens, a wildebeest, the aforementioned coyote and Marine band, a small European circus, and Mr. Ludwig von Beethoven to feed!As mentioned in my review of The Muffin Fiend, the muffin is a recurring theme in the Pinkwaters' work, and I was happy to see that Rainy Morning was no exception. But although I enjoyed this tale of an impromptu rainy morning gathering, somehow I didn't find it quite as hilarious as some of this author/illustrator team's other work. There were certainly moments that won a smile, but none that provoked the helpless giggling I have come to expect. That's the worst of being picture-book geniuses, I expect: solidly "good" books just seem to be a disappointment! Still, I'm glad to have read this, and thank my friend Lisa for recommending it - a good Pinkwater is nothing to sneeze at.
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LibraryThing member ferrisscottr
this one just seemed to be missing the odd/quirky/funny Pinkwater magic...still better than most everything else out there but something was off
LibraryThing member K_Rodriguez
A Rainy Morning was a delightful book to read. It did not get boring at any point, I just wanted to keep reading to know who was going to be going to be invited to the Subamrine's house next so that they were able to stay dry and out of the rain. This book kept me wondering if Mrs. Submarine was
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every going to run out of muffin mix, and not have enough for all the guests that they had invited into their home. It was a very humorous book to read. Show Less
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Mr. and Mrs. Submarine are enjoying breakfast on a rainy morning when Mrs. Submarine decides to let the cat in out of the rain. Mr. Submarine next lets the dog in to get dry. Then they notice the horse is soaked, so in he comes, too. Eventually the feel they must also accommodate all the other
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people and animals they happen to spot out in the rain: crows, the car, Ludwig Van Beethoven, the U.S. Marine Band. The story becomes more and more ludicrous but the Submarines take it all in stride as if it were perfectly normal. Show Less
Awards
CCBC Choices (2000)
Original publication date
1998
Physical description
32 p.; 10.6 inches
ISBN
0689811438 / 9780689811432