Rain Talk Author:Mary Serfozo Unlike Serfozo and Narahashi's previous collaborations ( Who Said Red?, Who Wants One? ), this gentle picture book forgoes lilting rhythms and rhymes in favor of a prose-like text brimming with onomatopoeic sounds. A girl and her black dog walk through the rain, listening as the drops ping on an old tin roof, hiss on the highwa... more »y and "Bup Bup Bup Bup" on their umbrella. "Listen to the / PlopPlipPlipPlipPlipPlip / as it speckles the smooth surface of the pond. / To mother Duck / that says, / "Time to go for a swim." They curl up before a fire, go to sleep, and awaken the next morning to find a rainbow.