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• Chesapeake Bay Foundation. "The Solution to Pollution May not be Dilution." Watershed Action for Virginia's Environment (WAVE).
  (See <http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=edu_educators_curriculum_va_index>, or contact the Virginia Office: Capitol Place, 1108 E. Main Street, Suite 1600, Richmond, VA 23219; phone 804-780-1392.)
• "Easy Street," "Long Haul." Project WET. Bozeman: The Watercourse, 1995. (See <http://www.projectwet.org/watercourse>.)
• Evans, Lezlie, and Cynthia Jabar. Rain Song. New York: Scholastic, 1995. ISBN 0439135109.
• "Every Drop Counts." Environmental Education Activity Guide. Project Learning Tree. Washington: American Forest Foundation, 1995. (See <http://64.78.54.50/curriculum/k-8guide.cfm>.)
• Frost, Robert. "Going for Water." A Boy's Will. New York: Henry Holt, 1915. ISBN 1587340151. (Also available at <http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/robertfrost/>.)
• Hess, Karen. Come On, Rain! New York: Scholastic, 2000. ISBN 0590331264.
• Hughes, Langston. "April Rain Song." The Weary Blues. New York: Knopf, 1926. (Also available on p. 20 of Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems, by Beatrice Shenk De Regniers, et al. New York: Scholastic, 1988. ISBN 059043974X.)
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Rain in Summer." (Available at <http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/longfellow/>.)
• Martin, Fran. "Raven Brings Fresh Water." (Available in From Sea to Shining Sea: a treasury of American folklore and folksongs. Ed. Amy Cohn and Molly Bang. New York: Scholastic, 1993. ISBN 0590428683.)
• McGovern, Ann, ed. Arrow Book of Poetry. New York: Scholastic, 1965. ISBN 0590336711. (Includes Eve Merriam's "Summer Rain," p. 60.)
  

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