JumpStart Kindergarten Readers: Rain, Rain, Go Away

JumpStart Kindergarten Readers: Rain, Rain, Go Away is a JumpStart book in the Readers series published in 2000. It is designed to foster interest in reading, as well as teaching counting.

Characters

 * Hopsalot (main)
 * Frankie
 * Pierre
 * Casey
 * Eleanor
 * Kisha
 * CJ
 * Edison

Synopsis
Hopsalot is excited to meet his friends and show them that he can count to ten, but is disappointed when it starts to rain, as he can no longer play outside. This inspires him to invite his friends over to his house. One by one, his friends arrive, each accompanied by a number of objects - first Eleanor with one book, then Pierre with two rain puddles, then Casey with three red balls and four green balls, then Frankie with five bones, then CJ and Edison with six emeralds and seven pencils (respectively), then Kisha with eight paintbrushes and nine buckets of paint. When each friend arrives, Hopsalot counts the objects that are with them. After this, the characters all decide to paint a picture of a sunny day using the materials Kisha brought. When Kisha observes that "something's missing", Edison points outside, showing that the sun has come out and that a rainbow is in the sky. The characters all add a rainbow to their painting, and then they run outside to play. While there, Hopsalot notices and counts ten stray raindrops, eliciting congratulations from his friends for his counting ability.