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"Rainy numbers up, Any thunder up?" What exactly was the rag-and-bone man shouting that hot summer day? Harry wasn't quite sure, but soon he was caught up in a strange, exciting adventure with a lion, a horse and a mechanical dinosaur.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #3800091 in Books
• Published on: 1987-10
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3On a hot summer Thursday young Harry discovers the rain door and enters to find an old iron tank used by the rag-and-bone man as a cloud catcher. To scare off the lion that is frightening the man's horse, Lightning, Harry begins to build a mechanical dinosaur. It takes lots of hard work and ingenuity on Harry's part before the rag-and-bone man is able to coax Lightning, who is pulling his junk wagon, to roar across the vast sky, thus bringing the relief of rain to the parched earth below. Accompanied by Blake's cartoon-style illustrations, this story will prove to be a bit vague and confusing, and not particularly appealing, to most young readers.Bonnie Wheatley, Ravenscroft Lower School, Raleigh, N.C.
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