page 4Grandpa keeps the rain. Every summer, when the monsoon comes, he catches the very first drops and writes the year on a tag. Fifty summers sit on his shelf, glowing like little blue lamps.
A monsoon story from Phoenix
Grandpa'sJarsof Rain
Every monsoon, Grandpa catches the very first rain in a jar and writes the year on a tag. Fifty summers glow on his kitchen shelf. This summer, Kiki is seven: old enough for a jar of her own. There is only one problem. The clouds keep passing by.
- Ages 4 to 8
- 40 pages
- Hardcover and ebook
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Four pages from the book
Painted in gouache, cut from paper, and printed with a little wobble in the ink, the way Marisol likes it.
page 12Kiki waits on the step. The clouds come. The clouds go. Not. One. Drop.
page 22Then one afternoon the whole sky turns the color of cinnamon. "Haboob!" Grandpa laughs, and they run for the door. His hat does not make it.
page 31And then, the smell. Creosote and wet dirt and something brand new. Plink. Plink. PLINK. Kiki holds her jar up to the sky.
Swipe the pages, like a real book, or let Marisol read it
Dusting off the jars...
Grandpa's shelf
Fifty summers of rain
Tap a jar
Every jar has a year, and every year has a story.
Kiki's jar is the empty one on the counter. Press Catch the rain, carry it through the storm, then set it on the shelf.
What people are saying
Readers, big and small
Sample reviews for the demo"My son made us start a rain jar the same night."
"The haboob page gets a scream every single time."
"It smells like monsoon when you read it. I don't know how."
Your own copy
Bring the monsoon home
Hardcover$18.99
Ebook$9.99
Signed$24
Signed copies come with a blank rain tag, so your reader can label their very first jar. Sample prices
For authors with a book of their own
What this costs
This site is a demo by Feel These Vib3s Websites. Here is what each part of it costs for your book. The tags on this site, Site Plus and Immersive, show which parts belong to which.
The Site
$500
- The three pages, with the book's own words and paintings
- The book's torn-paper, two-ink look in its own colours
- Day and night, the night lit like the jars
- Four pages to swipe through like a real book
- Reviews, where to buy, story times and school visit details
- A tab bar in thumb reach on phones
The Site Plus
$1,000
- Read it to me: the book read aloud, each word lighting as it is said (in your own voice if you like)
- A postcard sign-up, so readers hear when the next book lands
- A school and library visit request form
- A coloring page that prints on its own, and a rain jar activity
Immersive
Quoted in writing
- Grandpa's shelf in 3D: fifty jars to lift, each with its story
- Catch the rain: a game that ends with Kiki's jar on the shelf
- The paintings brought to life as moving clips
- A living sky with clouds, rain, lightning and thunder that follow the story
- Marisol leaning out of her own frame, and sketches that draw themselves
See this site before it was immersiveThe same book on a good, ordinary site, so you can feel the difference.