Priscilla and the Splish-Splash Surprise    by Nathaniel Hobbie & Jocelyn Hobbie Order:  USA  Can Little, Brown & Co., 2006 (2006) Hardcover     Reviewed by Hilary Williamson The star of Priscilla and the Pink Planet is back for more color-coded adventure in verse. It had been dull weather for days - 'Each day the sky darkened. It thickened like soup. / Finally, the whole sky just seemed to droop.' There's a Dr. Seuss flavor to both Nathaniel Hobbie's rhymes - 'It came down in buckets. It came down in sheets. / Rain flowed like rivers through backyards and streets' - and Jocelyn Hobbie's zany illustrations. Bored by the rain, Priscilla, who 'belongs to the do-what-you-gotta-do group' read, exercised, played, and even did a few chores. But the rain kept falling and she developed cabin fever. Having decided on a 'rain-stopping dance', she 'stomped, splashed, and spun' outside. Then she spotted two eyes gazing at her. Gathering her courage, Priscilla approached them and made a new pixie friend, who taught her to see her drenched surroundings, and all the critters who 'live for the rain', in an entirely new way. Priscilla and the Splish-Splash Surprise is an ideal book to read together on a rainy day, when there seems to be nothing to do - it just might encourage kids to look for the 'worlds within worlds' that Posy the pixy showed to Priscilla. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Kids books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews