Come On, Rain!

"Hesse's measured prose is evocative without weighing itself down out of childish perception: the phraseology is freshly apt (gardening Mamma kneels "over the hot rump of a melon") and the understated details of Tessie's neighborhood reconnoiterings ("I cross the crackling-dry path past Miz Glick's window...glancing inside as I hurry by") giving a sense of community. In a stunning and worthy counterpart to Hesse's text, Muth's watercolors bring the oppressive temperatures to life....The art makes the most of perky Tessie's considerable charm, capturing the wiry litheness of so many young girls as she gallops across the neighborhood and cavorts on the street."Hesse, Karen is the author of 'Come On, Rain!' with ISBN 9780590331258 and ISBN 0590331256.