Rain Stomper

Addie Boswell is an artist and writer living in Portland, Oregon, where she frequently gets to play in the rain. According to her mother, she used to stomp a great deal in order to get her way. Now, she recognizes the same raw creative instinct in the children she teaches and is constantly inspired by their reckless joy. This is her first picture book. Visit her online at www.addieboswell.com.Eric Velasquez was born in Spanish Harlem and grew up in Harlem. He attended the High School of Art and Design and earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts. He was awarded the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent for his first picture book, The Piano Man by Debbi Chocolate. He has illustrated many books since then, including Houdini: The World’s Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King by Kathleen Krull and Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive by Carole Boston Weatherford. He wrote and illustrated Grandma’s Records, based on his own childhood. He has also created more than 300 book jackets and interior illustrations, including the cover of the Coretta Scott King Award winner Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes. He lives and works in Hartsdale, New York. Visit him online at www.ericvelasquez.com.

“A delightful read-aloud that deals with making the best of a disappointing situation.” —School Library Journal“The exhilaration of the storm is at the center of Boswell’s debut picture book, and illustrator Velasquez is at his best in the dynamic unframed spreads that show the African American kid in warm shades of brown on her city street, leaping and shaking her arms at the gray stormy skies.” —Booklist