Rain Makes Applesauce
by Marvin Bileck
Picture book · ages 4–7 · grades K–2 · 300L · 32 pages · 1964
Why we'd hand it over
A 60-year-old absurdist read-aloud that still lands — the Newbery Honor art and circular nonsense logic keep kids laughing and asking 'what happens next?' even though nothing makes sense.