The Adventures of Drippy: The Runaway Raindrop

by Sidney Sheldon, Mary Sheldon, Alexandra Sheldon (Illustrator)

Possessing a craving for adventure that is uncommon among raindrops, Drippy sets out to see the world, with having fun as his most important goal, and learns an important lesson from a variety of friends.

Genres: Fantasy

66 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007) was an American writer who won awards in three careers—a Broadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist.

His TV works spanned a twenty-year period during which he created I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70), Hart to Hart (1979-84), and The Patty Duke Show (1963-66), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he became most famous.

Reviews

[Paula Day Johns]

A learning story of a raindrop that grew up fast!

[Skylis]

hilariously bad. moralistic, creepy illustrations, way too much text to keep a kid interested. I'm surprised this wasn't self-published.

[Kristie Lawrence]

I started to read this to my pre-k class. I stopped early in. Not age appropriate at all. The word “kill” should not be in a book for this age group.

[Alice]

This was SOOO Boring! 65 pages of boring. The sentiment is good and the moral was good...but it could have been done in 20 pages. If you are teaching the water cycle it is good but it is just too long to be educational or entertaining.

[Rita]

Too hard and too much reading to hold interest of the 2 & 3 year old. Need to pick it up again in a couple of years.

[Tatum Green]

I liked reading this book. His stories were were interesting and I was happy when he would return home to is family.