Project Gutenberg 2009-08-21 Public domain in the USA. 56 Miller, Olive Thorne 1831 1918 Miller, Harriet Mann Thorne, Olive Mann, Harriet Farnsworth, Ethel N. 1873 1959 06036430 Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Ritu Aggarwal, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic" by Olive Thorne Miller is a children's story written in the early 20th century. This charming narrative follows a young girl named Kristy who is faced with the disappointment of a rainy day ruining her plans for a picnic with her friends. Through her mother's storytelling, Kristy learns valuable life lessons about dealing with disappointments, the importance of friendships, and the unexpected joys that can arise from unforeseen circumstances. The opening of the book reveals Kristy's frustration as she gazes out at the pouring rain, lamenting how it disrupts her plans. Her mother reassures her with the story of a girl named Bessie, whose own missed party leads to a delightful surprise that changes her fortune. This storytelling approach serves as a poignant backdrop to convey messages about resilience and perspective, while also introducing readers to the themes of childhood imagination and the importance of family bonds. As Kristy listens intently, the narrative sets the stage for various adventures and moral lessons that will unfold in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children's stories Storytelling -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 270270 270113 2024-10-12T17:06:36.221435 2023-09-13T07:43:46.504231 text/html text/html 279928 2021-01-05T11:43:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 547308 2021-01-05T11:43:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 565954 2024-10-12T17:06:40.809283 application/epub+zip 568510 2024-10-12T17:06:36.985342 application/epub+zip 162570 2024-10-12T17:06:36.595342 application/epub+zip 660876 2024-10-12T17:06:44.053457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 640322 2024-10-12T17:06:40.370303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234731 2022-09-13T16:59:46.435692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247035 246911 2024-10-12T17:06:35.496342 2023-09-13T07:43:45.957217 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 246819 2021-01-05T11:43:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92599 2021-01-05T11:43:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20372 2024-10-12T17:06:45.689272 application/rdf+xml 13754 2024-10-12T17:06:36.674300 image/jpeg 3111 2024-10-12T17:06:36.633360 image/jpeg 550095 2024-10-12T17:06:36.260324 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia