哗啦哗啦，下起大雨啦，小朋友们喜欢下雨天吗？书中的小主人公却不太开心哦，原本约好跟小伙伴去玩橄榄球，结果下起了大雨，Pete也因此自带低气压，变成了一枚阴郁的小男孩……


Pete's father starts kneading the dough. Next, some oil is generously applied. (Its really water.) And then some tomatoes. (They're really checkers.) When the dough gets tickled, it laughs like crazy.

威廉·史塔克William Steig,1907年出生于纽约，到了六十岁才意外开始童书创作，却立即受到各界的肯定。他的Sylvester and the Magic Pebble（驴小弟变石头）以及The Amazing Bone荣获图画书高荣誉的凯迪克奖，他的Abel’s Island与Doctor De Soto则获得Newbery儿童文学奖。他的画总是用粗粗的黑色线条描画，再涂上淡淡的水彩，而书中角色身上穿的衣服与背景常常是条纹、圆点，或者是花朵…等图案。至于William Steig的文笔坦白直率，用语精确，孩子们却极为喜爱。他曾说过自己喜欢写作，大的快乐是画画。而孩子是人类的希望，所以他绝不会给孩子消极沮丧的书，这正也是为什么作品中总是充满著积极、乐观和正面意义的主要原因吧

William Steig's drawings appeared regularly in The New Yorker since 1930. He also wrote and illustrated books for children, most recently his memoir, When Everybody Wore a Hat. His other books include Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, winner of the Caldecott Medal; The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor Book; and Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor Books; Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa; Pete's A Pizza; and Zeke Pippin.