Language Development

Listen and Read Along

Focus on Genre

Historical Fiction Historical fiction is a story that is not true. Although it is not a true story, it is based on events that really happened in history. This story is about a drought in ancient China.

Focus on Vocabulary

Number Words You have been learning words like the ones below. Use these words as you talk about A Year Without Rain. Collect more words to put in the web.

Illustration of a word web for “Number Words”
Theme Book Illustration of the CD icon

Read this historical fiction about a drought.

A Year Without Rain

By Evelyn Stone

Illustrations by Marilee Heyer

Crops like rice need rain to grow. Food is hard to find when there is no rain.

Crops like rice need rain to grow. Food is hard to find when there is no rain.